Compromise Looms on Vietnam Plank at Democratic Convention
Humphrey and allied supporters including McGovern and McCarthy back the compromise on a Vietnam plank that softens Johnson era language. John Gronouski says the platform battle has its own character and that Humphrey can live with an amended plank. The Reuther Kerr compromise calls for a bombing halt pending restraint by North Vietnamese commanders as factions seek unity amid party split.
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Humphrey
McGovern
McCarthy
John Gronouski
Gronouski
Reuther-Kerr
Vietnam
Johnson
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Harris
Police Daley Under Fire for Clubbings in Chicago
Telegrams protest police dispersals in Chicago amid antiwar demonstrations. Four newsmen hospitalised after clashes. aldermen seek Daley and Conlisk censure. Demonstrators march at Lincoln Park and Grant Park while groups condemn police actions and press rights. About 154 arrested and 50 injured.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park
Daley
Richard J. Daley
James B. Conlisk
Conrad Hilton
Grant Park
Johnson
Coliseum
Vietnam
Czechoslovakia
Democratic Platform on Domestic Issues
The Democratic platform outlines stance on crime and disorder including a pledge against violence, support for Johnson riot commission goals, and a call to avoid racial division. It backs gun control, job creation via public–private efforts, lowering the voting age to 18, a new random draft system, expanded low income housing, and tax reform to close loopholes.
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Chicago
Democratic Party
LAW and Order
Johnson
U.S
Churchill K Says Chicago Police Rough in Convention
Winston Churchill grandson reports rough treatment by Chicago police while covering the Democratic Convention in Chicago. He was stopped at his hotel entrance, questioned about registration, frisked by an aggressive sergeant, and briefly detained before hotel staff confirmed his stay. He contrasted with Britain’s police.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Chicago
Churchill
Evening News
Tim
Johnson hopes Viet policy stays near nominee’s course
President Johnson said he hopes the Democratic Vietnam policy won’t differ much from the nominee’s and warned real progress on ending the war wouldn’t occur until after the Chicago convention. He noted he’d lead the country until Jan. 20 and planned to watch the convention without direct involvement.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hubert Humphrey
Chicago
Washington
Texas
Saing
Birthday salutes for Lyndon Johnson from Chicago Democrats
CHICAGO April 1964 Chicago Democrats at their national convention gave President Johnson a rousing birthday greeting with a standing ovation. Anita Bryant led a chorus of Happy Birthday and Glory Glory Hallelujah while Mayor Daley opened the tribute. Rep. Carl Albert praised Johnson for leadership and his drive for peace in Vietnam.
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Johnson
Chicago
Texas
Richard Daley
Anita Bryant
Carl Albert
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Seven Arrested in Sierra Madre Drug Raid
Sierra Madre and Arcadia police raided a house in Sierra Madre and booked seven people on suspicion of possession of dangerous drugs. Officers seized 2,850 LSD capsules 11 lids of marijuana a small amount of seconal and hashish valued at about 14000 dollars.
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Sierra Madre
CNS
Arcadia
Yippie Peace Campaign Finds Quiet Double-N Ally
In Chicago the long haired Yippie joins the Convention Peace Corps also called Negotiation Now in a striking alliance against the Vietnam War. The two groups differ in size and method yet share antiwar aims as 3,000 Yippies demonstrate daily with cries of peace.
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Chicago
Vietnam
Convention Peace Corps
Yippies Fight for Peace Plank at Democratic Convention
Report contrasts Yippies and the Double N faction inside the Democratic convention. Yippies campaigned openly for a peace in Vietnam while the Double N group, linked to the National Committee for a Political Settlement in Vietnam, pressed a more thorough plank seeking ceasefire and reforms. The debate included Kerr, Hartke, Morse and Nelson with youth voices arguing for action over demonstrations.
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National Committee For
Vietnam
Clark Kerr
University of California At Berkeley
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Mary Temple
Kerr
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Convention Platform Committee
Chicago Headline Club
Sigma Delta Chi
Professional Journalistic Society
Conlisk
Edmund A. Smason
Commission On Urban Crisis of the Presbytery of
Presbyterian Seminary
Lloyd Wendt
American
Chicago Newspaper Guild
Donald Meaney
National Broadcasting Co
North Side
Lake Michigan
Democratic
Associated Press
Churchill K
X * Lbj
House of Representatives
Albert
BankAmericard
Pteer
Tema
Pine Avenue
Long Beach
Penney's
Police Book
By Ernie Hernandez
The
Suntan
Ed Rust
Columbia University
Judy Schelly
University of California, Los Angeles
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