Eisenhower Faces Sixth Heart Attack While Campaign Notes
The text reports Eisenhower suffering his sixth heart attack amid campaign concerns. It notes prior attacks in 1965 and a October television message from Miami Beach, with Eisenhower reaffirming he is not a candidate and endorsing Nixon for the Republican nomination while delegates react to the news.
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Eisenhower
Miami Beach
Walter Reed
Nixon
New Jersey
Sen
Clifford P. Case
Webster B. Todd
70 Year Old Foils Pottery Shop Heist
A 70 year old Wilmington shop owner and his wife stopped a robbery at Gray's Gift and Pottery Shop. The intruders, four youths in their late teens, fled after the proprietors confronted them with a pistol. Police arrested Eddie Delaney 18 Melvin Jones 19 and two juveniles 15 and 16 on robbery suspicions.
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FOILS
Wilmington
Gray’s Gift and Pottery
Pacific Coast Highway
Offi
Missile base votes blocked on Angel Island
Marin County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Tuesday against a 250 acre anti ballistic missile base on Angel Island. A Marin Chamber of Commerce letter urged approval as aid to the distressed construction industry.
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San Rafael
Marin County Board of Supervisors
Angel Island
Marin Chamber of Commerce
Nixon campaigns push ahead as convention nears
Nixon's delegate operation chief Richard Kleindienst says preconvention groundwork matters more than last minute hoopla. Nixon remains confident amid small defections by Reagan and Rockefeller as he meets 1,333 delegates in six sessions and hosts a reception with his family.
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Miami Beach
Richard Kleindienst
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Kleindienst
California
Ronald Reagan
Ohio
Michigan
Iowa
Reagan
Rockefeller
Russia
Nixon Maintains Control as Delegates Weigh Ballots
At the Miami Beach convention Nixon holds steady control with 55 votes needed to win as delegates remain split among Nixon Reagan and Rockefeller camps. Nixon presses strategy through press conferences and meetings while Reagan fights for vice presidential talk and Southern backing despite internal dissent.
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Reagan
Alabama
South Carolina
California
Electrical Storms Hit Ventura County and Angeles NF
A freak summer electrical disturbance Tuesday sparked a 10 acre brush fire in Ventura County and the Angeles National Forest. Thunderstorms and scattered downpours followed, with more storms and showers expected in nearby mountains and deserts.
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Ventura County
Angeles National Forest
Nixon Faces Southern Drive Over Running Mate Choice
Nixon said he will pick his own running mate after the nominating process. Southern delegates press for Reagan as vice president, while conservative options like Tower and Baker gain support from various states. Some back Percy and Lindsay, with Rhodes seen as a conciliatory choice.
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South Carolina
Nixon
Sen
J. Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Reagan
George Wallace
Dixie
Colorado
New Mexico
Indiana
Texas
Ohio
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Delaware
Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Wis
Ronald Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Buena
New York
John V
Lloyd Hagama
Florida
Claude Kirk
Mark O. Hatfield
Ore
Edward W. Brooke
Mass
Percy
Lindsay
John G. Tower
Tex
Tower
George C. Wallace
Howard H. Baker
Tennessee
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Lone Star State
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