Thurmond Favorite Son Backed By South Carolina GOP
South Carolina Republicans moved candidates for five of six U.S. House seats while backing Strom Thurmond as a favorite son for president on the first ballot. Marshall Parker seeks the Senate seat, Parker lost to Hollings before. Albert Watson won a favorite son vice presidential nod. party standards praised law enforcement and backed Vietnam victory amid other resolutions.
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GOP Leaders Jubilant In S C After Johnson Withdrawal
The Associated Press reports South Carolina GOP leaders hailed Johnson’s withdrawal as sealing a Republican victory. State Chairman Harry S. Dent named Kennedy the obvious Democratic candidate to beat. Democratic leaders offered limited reaction and cautioned against premature conclusions.
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Harriman Seen as Possible Peace Talks Link
Washington AP reports 76 year old W Averell Harriman, veteran diplomat and former JFK era official, is tapped for a new peace mission with Llewellyn Thompson. Johnson says Harriman and Thompson will travel to Geneva or suitable places once a conference agrees. Harriman has long served as ambassador at large and helped seek talks amid Cold War tensions.
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Black Nationalist Leader Williams Elected President
Bert F. Williams, a 42 year old militant Negro leader, elected president of a group of black nationalists. He is wanted on a kidnapping charge in North Carolina after fleeing Monroe in 1961. Williams has links to RAM and Radio Free Dixie and has lived in Cuba and Red China.
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