Indiana Primary Elevates McCarthy and Kennedy Strength
Early returns from Indiana show Eugene McCarthy winning a strong 27 percent while Robert F. Kennedy leads with 42 percent, signaling McCarthy as a serious contender and Kennedy as a major vote-getter. Nixon also displays broad Republican appeal, with Humphrey receiving a small lift. Branigin’s home-state result is narrow.
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Indiana
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
United States
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
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Dminn
ACTION LINE: Citizen help service info
ACTION LINE offers guidance and problem solving. Readers may write BOX 230 in Long Beach California or call 432 3451 during specified hours to ask questions chosen for public interest.
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Long Beach
Calif
C.R
Dallas Cooper
Electrical Division
Public Service Department
Cooper
Rose Bowl tickets stay scarce for public buyers
ACTION LINE reports Rose Bowl tickets are mostly allocated to universities, students, alumni, and special groups. Public sales are rare with Pasadena Chamber of Commerce stating only a drawing by the Pasadena Independent Star News offers a chance for 1,600 tickets.
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Richmond
B.C
Canada
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
Pasadena
Independent Star News
Ives Electric Train Set Found From Christmas 1922
A reader recalls receiving an Ives electric train set for Christmas in 1922. The model train was kept in its original packaging and later discovered, prompting nostalgia and curiosity about early 20th century toy locomotives.
Kennedy Wins in Indiana and DC Primary Contests
RFK defeated HHH in Indiana and carried DC’s 23 Democratic National Convention votes. Alabama’s Wallace looked set for the Democratic nomination in his state, while Florida’s Edward Gurney won the GOP Senate nomination. Nixon-Rockefeller organization led Republicans. Martin in DC races boosted Kennedy delegates, with a potential runoff looming for Florida Democrats.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
District of Columbia
Alabama
George Wallace
Florida
Edward Gurney
GOP
U.S. Senate
Kennedy
New Yorker
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
Wallace
Gilligan Upsets Lausche For Ohio Senate Nomination
Former Congressman John J. Gilligan defeats incumbent Senator Frank J. Lausche in Ohio Democratic Senate primary. Gilligan led by state party and Ohio AFL-CIO backing, drawing support mainly from cities. With 7,381 of 12,886 polling places reported Gilligan won 288,733 votes to Lausche 237,891.
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Columbus
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Senate
Gilligan
Democratic State Committee
Ohio Afl-Cio
Cleveland
Donor Alive Question in Houston Heart Transplant
Dr Denton A Cooley and team carried out their third heart transplant in five days. The recipient died on the table but was revived by the new heart, while two doctors debated donor death status. The patient John M Stuckwish 62 Alpine Texas was later listed as relatively good in hospital.
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John M. Stuckwish
Alpine, Tex
St. Luke’s Hospital
Houston
Cats Schucel lick themselves with tongues noted
Cats Schucel claimable as a curious phrase about animals licking themselves with their tongues, reflecting a playful or surreal write up. The text centers on cats and their self grooming behavior as a light feature.
Ten in Mine Feared Dead in West Virginia Tragedy
Rescue teams battled a 500 foot earth and coal wall to reach 25 miners trapped in a Gauley Coal and Coke sloping drift mine near Big Sewell Mountain. Fifteen miners remained in contact as pumps removed flood water and a drilling rig was prepared to breach to the living.
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Hominy Falls
W. Va
UPI
Gauley Coal and Coke Co
Big Sewell Mountain
Elmer Workman
State Department of Mines
Lyndon Johnson pressed to curb Poor People’s Campaign march
Congress urged the Johnson Administration to reach a deal with campaign leaders to limit the planned Washington march of thousands of the poor set to begin in about two weeks. In the Senate, Sen. John J. McClellan accused militant violence advocates of planning rioting along march routes, offering no documentation.
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Congress
Johnson Administration
Senate
John J. MacClellan
Permanent
Kennedy Wins Indiana Primary But McCarthy Keeps Edge
In Indiana Kennedy leads with about 42 percent in a three man race. McCarthy nets roughly 27 percent close to Branigin who is uncommitted. Nixon carries Republican primary with 480,958 votes across 4,153 precincts, beating Kennedy in 1960.
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McCarthy
Branigan
Kennedy
Nebraska
Oregon
California
South Dakota
New Hampshire
Roger D. Branigin
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
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