Notable politician hedges on odds at mid campaign
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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1968
Page
8
Rockefeller Faces GOP Platform Clash Over Vietnam Policy
Nelson Rockefeller seeks to shape the 1968 Republican platform through hearings in Miami Beach and a convention fight to win delegates from Nixon. He has proposed a four stage peace plan and dove support while the GOP pushes hawkish aims to eliminate the Viet Cong, forming the backbone of the party’s 1968 platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Republican Platform Committee
Miami Beach
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
GOP Coordinating Committee
United States
South Vietnam
Coordinating Committee
Paris
Eulogies for Cleveland Slain Officers Amid City Tensions
At St John Cathedral in Cleveland three white police officers Lt. Leroy Jones 47 Patrolman Illard Wolff 30 and Louis Golonka 37 were honored in a memorial Mass. Mayor Carl Stokes announced reduced emergency measures as 1 200 National Guardsmen departed and 400 officers plus several out of state squads marched in. Also noted were seven Black fatalities, ongoing curfew easing, and the appearance of Fred Ahmed Evans in court on three murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Hornick
Associated Press
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
East A Bele
St. John Cathedral
Carl B. Stokes
Glenville
Stokes
Cathedral
Leroy Jones
Illard Wolff
Louis Golonka
Michael Blackwell
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Birmingham
Ala
Gary
Ind
Detroit
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Cincinnati
Akron
Columbus
Ohio Highway Patrol
James V. Stanton
James Quinn
Cleveland Catholic Bédiés
Jones, Wolff
Golonka
Msgr. Quinn
Fred Ahmed Evans
Argentina Tops World in Beef Consumption per Capita
Residents consume over 200 pounds of beef per person annually, leading global rankings. The figure highlights Argentina as the world’s highest beef consuming nation per capita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Dubcek vows Czechoslovakia stays course toward liberal reform
Communist leader Alexander Dubcek says Czechoslovakia will continue its liberal reforms and believes the Soviet Union will understand. Deputy Premier Ota Sik warns against backsliding, stressing old guards no longer represent the people. A Kremlin meeting is planned to discuss the path forward. At birth an infant’s heart weighs about one ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Rehak
Associated Press
Prague
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Tam
Duibcek
Ota Sik
Kremlin
Unon
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Antonin Novotny
Sik
Rude Pravo
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Fenway Park
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Ballpark
Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Bly
Gene McCarthy
Tae Li
Rocky
Gop
Fabric Shop
Ferry ST
N.E
Mission Valley Fabrics
Dacron and
Klopman
Alabama
Perdido Bay Inn
Doug Ford
Pensacola
Florida
Dubcek
bor @acer
Babs
Gett
Decatur, Ala
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