Guardsmen and Army Troops Deployed in Chicago for Convention
Regular Army troops moved toward Chicago and 5600 Illinois Guardsmen checked into armories as security tightened for the Democratic National Convention. Federal grand jury witnesses probed an assassination plot amid gang rumors and protests with guards placed at federal buildings.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Yippies
U.S
Joseph N. Tierney
Samuel Shapiro
Thomas A. Foran
Cook County
Blackstone Rangers
South Side
Senate
John McClellan
McClellan
Daley’s Political Power Faces Weighing Convention Moment
Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley guides the Democratic National Convention amid labor strikes and transit tensions. He faces potential upheaval or triumph as he leverages volunteers, police stance, and close White House ties in a pivotal city event.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Chicago Transit Authority
West Side
Cook County
Democratic Committee
Illinois
Johnson
McGovern says U S partly blame for Czechoslovakia invasion
Senator George S. McGovern told a Cleveland City Club audience that the United States bears a considerable part of the blame for the invasion of Czechoslovakia. He criticized the Johnson Administration for wasting military strength in Vietnam and argued that U S policy encouraged large nations to intervene in smaller ones.
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Ceveland
George S. McGovern
United States
Czechoslovakia
South Dakotan
Cleveland City Club
Johnson
Vietnam
Unruh invites three Democrats to join California delegation
California assembly leader Jesse Unruh asks Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Senators Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern to appear before the 174 vote California delegation to the Democratic National Convention. A Chicago caucus and polling among delegates could reveal support levels ahead of Kennedy’s legacy.
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Sacramento
California
Jesse M. Unruh
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
George McGovern
Robert F. Kennedy
Chicago
Unruh
Stokes Seeks Vice Presidency Backing From Dem Delegates
An alternate Indiana delegate urged Humprey and McCarthy to back Carl Stokes of Cleveland for the Democratic vice presidential nomination. Edward James, publisher of a Gary Negro oriented newspaper, continues his bid for Stokes at the Chicago convention despite Stokes earlier saying he was not interested.
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Ind
UPI
Indiana
Delate
Hubert H. Humprey
Minnesota
Eugene J. McCarthy
Carl Stokes
Cleveland
Edward
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