Democratic Governors Take No Stand On Party Nomination
Democratic governors meeting in St Louis decided not to back any candidate for the 1968 Democratic nomination, viewing the race as unsettled. A handful declared preferences, but no consensus emerged as Johnson disavowed seeking or accepting the nomination, and abstentions and objections kept any pledge pointless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
White House
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Eugene J. McCarthy -Enya
Joe . Humphrey
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Hughes
Gardner Stickley Rivalry Seeps With Party Switches
The Democrat governor race in North Carolina features new shifts as three state lawmakers Troxell Michels and Parrish switch to Stickley after backing Gardner in January. Gardner campaigns in Rocky Mount and Winston-Salem while Stickley tours Stanly County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stickley
Jim Gardner
Gardner
Stickley
Granite
Sam Troxell
Austin Michels
Claude Parrish
Parrish
Charlotte
Rocky Mount
Congress
Hickory
Winston-Salem
Stanly County
Bob Scott
Oak Ridge
Hickory - Newton - Conover
Salisbury
Mel Broughton
Scott
High Point
Greensboro
Tarboro
Broughton
Carolina
Shelby Dailey Star
The
Times
Reginald Hawkins
New York
Durham
Hawkins
North Carolina
Easter weekend toll raises North Carolina highway deaths
Raleigh AP reports 38 traffic fatalities over Easter weekend raise the 1968 NC toll to 467, 55 more than the same period last year.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
California ad man seeks Scottish bride in Dundee match bid
John J. Andrews a 21 year old California advertising man from Newport Beach wrote Dundee's mayor that an aunt left him 100000 to marry a Scot. He asked to be connected with blondes or redheads aged 18 to 27, and a hundred Scots lassies are eager to respond or pair with any other American he can recommend.
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Dundee
Scotland
John J. Andrews
California
Andrews
Newport Beach
Calif
Nationwide Phone Strike Threat Looms Over Nation
President Beirne of the AFL-CIO Communications Workers warns a nationwide strike of about 200,000 telephone workers could begin Thursday after a seven hour meeting with the union executive board. Affected are Western Electric installers and Bell System contractors across many states with contracts expiring in spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers
Beirne
Afl-Cio International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
New Jersey Bell Telephone Co
New Jersey Telephone Company
Western Electric Co
Bell
Bell System
Ohio
Illinois
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Nebraska
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Michigan
Idaho
Indiana
California
Nevada
Washington State
Washington, D.C
Hawaii
Alaska
North Carolina Travel Tour Highlights From Greensboro To Greensboro
A nostalgic road guide traces a loop from High Point through Salisbury Kannapolis Concord Charlotte and Greensboro. It lists historic sites parks tobacco centers mills museums and the Dixieland Trail with notes on Moravian Salem Wake Forest College and the jewel of Fairy Stone and Hanging Rock State Parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Lexington
Boone’s Cave
Daniel Boone
High Rock Lake
U.S. 29
Concord
North Carolina
Mint Museum OF Art
Eastover Park
U.S. Mint
Charlotte Coliseum
E. Independence Boulevard
U.S. 74
Cathedral OF Mary
Belmont
United States
Charlotte
Albemarle
The
Confederacy
Carolinas
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Fairy Stone State Park
Philpott Lake
N.C
Hanging Rock
Moore’s Knob
Winston-Salem
Piedmont Country
Pennsylvania
Wachovia
Winston and Salem
Wake Forest College
Salem College and Academy
Old Salem
Sincle Brothers House
Salem Tavern
Mirsch Tobacco Shop
Market-Fire
Old Salem Road
Attrac
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Walter R. Mears
Associated Press
Bride
Hornets Nest
P. Lorillard CO
East Market St
Saulsbury
Cornwallis
Keene
Peter Ney
Old Third Creek Presbyterian Church
Marshal Ney
Napoleon
Thyatira
Mooresville
Salisbury National Cemetery
ROWAN
S. Jackson St
Kannapolis
Cannon Mills
U.S. 601
James Polk
Jefferson Davis
Stonewall Jackson
N. Tryon Street
Morrow Mountain State Park
Morrow Mountain
U.S. 52
Richfield
Asheboro
Home
Reidsville
American Tobacco CO
Virginia State Line
Danville
DAN River Mills
Richmond
Lee
U.S. 58
Martinsville
Hanging Rock State Park
Lauratown Mountains
Whitaker Park
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
U.S. 158
Greensboro Historical Museum
Church Street
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
U.S. 220
American Petroleum Institute
America
North Carolina A of Conservation and Development
Raleigh, North Carolina
Winston- Salem
U.S
High
Morrow Min
State Park
Rock ST. PR
Sauratown
Ralbion
Fétment of Conservationevelopment
Raleigh, N.C
Virginia
Virginia Department of Conservation & Economic Development
Broad Street
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