Hillsboro delegate recalls tear gas at Chicago convention
Mrs Esther Hannay alt Democratic delegate from Hillsboro describes tear gas and National Guard action near the Conrad Hilton during the Chicago 1968 convention. She praises Mayor Daley for security and details the entrance checks, police escort, and protests she witnessed.
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Ray Martin
Chicago
Esther Hannay
National Guard
Hillsboro
Alabama
Hannay
National
Hanny
Richard Daley
Eisenhower Reads Westerns as He Recovers at Walter Reed
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower rests at Walter Reed General Hospital as doctors report steady but noticeably slow progress after his seventh heart attack. He reads shoot em up western paperbacks while oxygen is administered intermittently through a nasal catheter.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Army
Walter Reed General Hospital
State Tax Revenues Up In Alabama 11-Month Report
Alabama tax revenues for the first 11 months of the fiscal year rose 7.4 percent from the previous year to 419 million dollars. August receipts totaled 41.3 million, up 12.3 percent from a year earlier. Sales tax led with 14.1 million, while gasoline and tobacco taxes climbed 13.6 and 30 percent respectively.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Department of Revenue
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