Johnson landslide win headlines 1964 year in review
The year highlights include Lyndon B. Johnson’s victory with the largest share of the vote and the Democratic convention choice of Hubert Humphrey. Goldwater won five Southern states and Arizona, while Khrushchev’s ouster topped editors’ polls as a major story. Civil rights struggles and Alaska quake also featured prominently.
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New Hampshire
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Oregon
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Barry M. Goldwater
San Francisco
Atlantic City
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LBJ
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Cennt
U.S
Goldwater
Arizona
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Us.s.r
Tass
Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
West
Red China
Mr. K
Cleveland
George Wallac
Alabama
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King
Congress
Mississippi
Philadelphia
Miss
FBI
Land
St. Augustine
Fla
Harlem
Brooklyn
Rochester
N.Y
Paterson
Elizabeth
N.J
Chicago
Biloxi
Alaska
North America
Chile
Anchoorage
Viet Nam
U. S
Maddox
Gulf of Tonkin
Turner Joy
China
South
Nguyen Khanh
Major Cold War Era Crises Highlight 1960s News
A composite report covers Congo violence with 800 Belgians under house arrest and a mass hostage execution in Stanleyville, with 790 saved by paratroopers and 97 dead. It also notes LBJ signing the Kennedy tax cut and Civil Rights bills, and the Supreme Court ruling on reapportionment reshaping congressional districts nationwide.
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AP Top Ten Stories Summary
A列 highlights include political campaigns and elections, Khrushchev's ouster, Civil Rights, Alaska earthquake, Vietnam, Red China's A-bomb, Warren Report, violence in Congo, and President's legislative program with reapportionment. The list reflects major 1960s news themes and ongoing international and domestic tensions.
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