Mad Hatter Politics of 1968 Echoes in U S News
The piece contrasts 1968 presidential maneuvering with earlier eras. It notes Romney quitting early, McCarthy and Kennedy hedging, Rockefeller rethinking, Wallace reviving his third party bid, Stassen continuing, and Johnson’s bombshell pause and withdrawal. It frames a fractured party landscape and shifting candidates amid Vietnam tensions.
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Arnold Sawislaki
Truman
Washington
UPI
United States
Shirley Temple
George Romney
Alf Landon
Wendell Willkie
Henry Agard Wallace
McCarthy
Kennedy
Hampshire
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Stassen
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
LBJ Attends Easter Services in Fredericksburg
President Johnson and family attend Catholic mass at St. Francis Xavier and Episcopal service at St. Barnabas in Fredericksburg on Easter Sunday. He prays for peace, end to violence, and safety for U.S. forces in Vietnam. Luci receives communion as Lyn is carried, with Johnson posing for Easter photos outside the church.
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Fredericksburg
Tex
Johnson
Hawaii
Luci
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
LBJ
Patrick Lyndon Nurgent
St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church
Stonewall
Texas
Lynda
Texas White House
Washington
Vietnam
Charles S. Robb
C. Patrick J. Nugent
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
Johnsons
William E. Campbell
St. Barnabas
North Vietnam
Adele Simpson
New York
St. Barnabas Church
Knights of Columbus
Lyn
First Family
Lyndon B. Johnson
Luci Nugent
Urban League Chief Slams Carmichael as Leader
Whitney M. Young Jr. of the National Urban League dismissed Stokely Carmichael as a leader of American Negroes saying his following is tiny among Black people and large only among reporters and white observers. He warned against white sensationalism that could provoke violence or a push to Africa.
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Washington
UPI
Whitmney Young Jr
National Urban League
Stokely Carmichael
Young
U.S. News & World Report
Urban League
Carmichael
Student Non- Violent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Stokely
Whitey
Africa
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Eugene J. McCarthy
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Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Thim
Indiana
Oregon
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Vertimai
Nixoff
Lyndon
Iparty
Bob Privitt
Lubbock Christian College
Texas Fine Arts Association
Municipal Garden and Arts Center
Staff Hoto
Java Jakarta
West Java
Antara
Bandung
Jakarta
Minute Book
City Council
City of
Rogers
Jee
W. E. Medlock
Taverna Lowea Pro-Treasu
Senter
Stier
Mobili
Lavenia Lowe
Aihhock
Abov 68
Eastman
Granberry
eLlmen Cranberry
Diekemper
Medlock
Nis
Fone
Don Medlock
Roger
Wocilmen Granberry
Lupnck
Lubbock
the Committee For Progress and Economy
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