No Hoopla at Demo Convention
Article recounts Democratic convention planning in Chicago with memorials for Kennedy and Stevenson. It notes debates over candidate speeches, Daley’s engagement, and efforts by antiwar groups to secure permits for rallies, sleep in parks, and demonstrations during convention week. Tom Hayden voices concerns about police protection at sleeping sites.
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Bailey
Daley
Tom Hayden
Newark
N.J
Hayden
Nixon mobbed at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park
Nixon nearly mobbed by a crowd of several thousand at Knott's Berry Farm on arrival from San Diego. He and family dined among 600 others in the restaurant before touring Ghost Town and Disneyland. Agnew urged fair treatment of Negro voters and planned talks with Black leaders in California.
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Knott’s
Berry Farm
Buena Park
San Diego
Secret Service
Nixon
Knott’s Berry Farm
Disneyland
Reagan Says California Duties Limit National Campaigning
Governor Reagan told reporters in San Diego that California legislative commitments will limit out of state campaigning for the GOP ticket. He noted he will participate in a nationwide television saturation campaign but will stay in California for the September session. The remarks followed a 45 minute meeting with Richard Nixon at Bahia Hotel headquarters.
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San Diego
Ronald Reagan
California
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Reagan
Bahia Hotel
Mission Bay
Wallace delivers major speech ahead of Democratic Convention
Third party candidate George C Wallace will address about 15 000 at Long Beach Arena on Aug 26 the opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago He will also attend a 25 per plate fundraising dinner on Aug 24 at the Lafayette Hotel International Ballroom between appearances he marks his 49th birthday on Aug 25. Bob Walters says Wallace's American Party convention may be held in mid September.
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Long Beach Arena
Chicago
Alabama
Lafayette Hotel International Ballroom
Wallace
Bob Walters
Southern California
Bell Gardens
Amrican Independent Party
California
Ike’s Heart Attacks Recap From 1955 to 1965 Campaign Rally
The account traces Eisenhower’s health crises from June 1955 through August 1960, noting multiple heart attacks and surgeries. It details attacks in June 1955, November 1957, June 1965, and August 1960, his recoveries, hospital stays, and public appearances including a convention video address and a July news conference.
SCLC Votes to Oppose Nixon and Agnew in 1968
At the Memphis convention the SCLC adopted a resolution urging Black voters to oppose the Republican ticket and backing the Democratic line only if the party platform ends the Vietnam War and abolishes poverty. Delegates remembered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a service of song and preaching. Nixon and Reagan campaign actions included meetings with California and other GOP leaders as stand-in speakers for the fall campaign. Reagan defended Agnew against critics and pledged limited government.
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Tenn
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Nixon
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
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Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Northeast
Alaska
Walter J. Hickel
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
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