DuPage Republicans face changing politics and turnout
In 1968 DuPage County shifts to metropolitan politics with 200000 eligible voters. The GOP county convention at Wheaton fairgrounds grapples with absenteeism, leadership duties, and turnout as precinct committeemen must increasingly invest time and effort to mobilize support while remaining unpaid.
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DuPage County
Republican Party
Fairgrounds
Wheaton
Republican High Command
DuPage County GOP Faces Turbulent 1968 Endorsement Rift
PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS FRL REPORT: DuPage Republicans debate delegate slate for the national convention amid local splits over governors Ogilvie and Altorfer. Longstanding enmities mix with new ambitions as factions seek power and influence in a year marked by political upheaval. The county GOP experiences great harassment and shifting loyalties as a new, articulate faction emerges.
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Ogilvie and Altorfer
DuPage County
Anniversary and birthday notices flow in community updates
Town residents send warm anniversary wishes to Bill and Claire Fox and Frank and Rita Cooper. Birthday celebrations include Diane Alois, Leslie Sheppard, Denise Albiani, Eddie Hynes, Gaye Earth, Dawn Roberts, Ricky Koons, and others. Readers join potlucks, dinners, and family gatherings at local homes and venues like Elmhurst churches, VFW Halls, and area restaurants.
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Bill
Claire Fox
Diane Alois
Itasca Country Club
Mike Alois
Dolores
Kas
Bernice Wleklinski
Janice
Frankie
Karen
Bernice
Anthony Taerka
Elmwood Park
Elmwood Park Home On A Recent Sunday To Help Celebrate Mr. Taterka
Bob
Marcie Kunde
Pamela Drive
Kundes
Ray
Rosemary Basso
Harold
Florine Ballard
Dan
June Bachar
Chuck
Joan Caravia
York Road
VFW
Caravins
Florida
Robert
Marlene Albiani
Denise
Larissa
Flame
Marlene
Frank
Rita Cooper
Lu Hartigan
Joan Hartigan
Linda Bertrand
Dennis Weinert
Visitation Church
Elmhurst
Bensonville
Denise Albiani
Eddie Hynes
Gaye Earth
Dawn Roberts
Ricky Koons
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HEC
Paddock Publications
H. C. Browars
Porter
Brentwood Terrace
Leslie Sheppard
Gloria Sheppard
Rudy Sheppards
Dennis
Leslie
Immaculate Conception
Ted
Lorraine Tokarz
Nancy
Kathy
Eileen
Victor Business Machine Co
Chicago
Tokarzes
Chinatown
Lorraine
Roy
Josephine Vergo
Son
Michael
O’hare
Champaign
Mike
Joan Alois
Lorraine Rindzius
Puerto Rico
Dorado Hilton
San Juan
Joan
Alois
Michele
Diane
Aloises
Bob Kundes
Dan Bachars
Marilyn Koopman
Robert Model
BRACH
LACE
EDGE
Demets
Whitman
Chocolates
Pic
Hanover Park
Snot
PRTC
Oleg Cassini
Our New Dawn
Regency Mink Great Coats
Barclay
Carlisle Mink Suit Stores
Giant Mink Boas
Charlene
Ma Dawn Q
Columbia Pictures
Gleem
Rue
California
Jim
Kentucky
Raight Bourbon
Vodka Wuss
Press'san
Ia As
Meister Bray
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