Democrats Shake Up National Convention Innovations in Chicago
The Democratic National Committee plans to curb floor demonstrations and shorten nominating speeches at the Chicago convention. Four declared candidates, Humphrey McCarthy McGovern and Maddox, loom, with possible drafts for Johnson amid expectations of a potential deadlock and a Teague warned “bombshell” if Humphrey isn’t first-ballot nominee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Committee
John M. Bailey
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
George McGovern
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Johnson
Elliott Roosevelt
Olin ‘Teague
Texas
Miami Beach
Roosevelt
Paris
Subversion concerns loom over Texas campuses and SDS
State Senator William T Moore of Bryan denounces SDS at UT Austin and visits to Texas A&M. He calls for a full investigation of subversive influence and urges immediate dismissal of faculty or students promoting disorder. The piece also notes campus governance and reactions from Rockefeller, Wallace, and a statistician on broader social topics.
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Wiliam T. Moore
Bryan
University of Texas At Austin
Students For A Democratic Society
Larry Caroline
SDS
U.T
Texas A&m University
Moore
Senate
Austin
New Left
Texas
American Association of University Professors
American Civil Liberties Union
Columbia University
Texas A&m
Caroline
System Of Collective Defense Against Imperialist Aggression
David Lawrence argues the United Nations should enable a credible world policeman to block aggression. He contends the Soviet Union funds and directs Vietnam war efforts, criticizes UN reluctance, and urges a collective defense system inside or outside the UN to defend self rule and deter imperialist powers.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
United States
Hubert Humphrey
Johnson
Moscow
Vietnam
United Nations
South Korea
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
North
South Vietnam
Europe
General Assembly
World Organization
Hanoi
America
Labor Pact Shapes Ohio Delegates Fight
Washington reports a fierce Ohio Democratic delegate struggle backed by Vice President Humphrey and organized labor. The deal aims to secure the presidential nomination through heavy pressure, showing labor subordinating congressional aims to the broader race.
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Washington
Ohio
Hobert Humphrey
Friends
Congress
Cope
O’grady
Matt Repse
O'Grady
Humphrey
Josini
Gilligan
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Democratic Party
Gene McCarthy challenges party machinery in 1968 race
The article profiles Gene McCarthy as a reformist candidate pressing for greater rank and file input at Democratic events. It notes his push for biennial conventions, calls for party chairs to voice the people, and critiques reliance on polls over member influence. It also covers Ohio tensions as Gilligan, Mondale, and labor groups maneuver around Humphrey.
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Gene McCarthy
McCarthy
McCcarthy
Landon Johnson
People
Johnson
Chicago
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
U.S. Senate
Frank Lausche
Labor
Gilligan
Lausche
Tumphrey
Vietnam
Humphrey
Walter
Fritz) Mondale
Minnesota
Stephen Young
Crilligan
al Barkan
Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
Barkan
Jack Gilligan
Washington
Lewis Rivlin
HHH
Husene McCarthy
Columbus
Hale Center Owls Hire Ralph L Huntington as New Coach
Lubbock Morning Avalanche reports Hale Center High School Owls welcome Ralph L Huntington and his wife to relocate for the new football season. Huntington takes over after joining this week to prepare the team for upcoming drills and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale Center
Ralph L. Huntington
High School Owls
Owls
Raady
Editor Letter Cheers Lubbock Schools Against HEW Plan
Edna Rice condemns HEW for overreach on Lubbock schools and urges citizens to back local administrators. She warns of higher taxes and living costs if HEW rules prevail and calls readers to write officials in Washington to defend education locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
HEW
Dallas
Washington
United Lubbock
S. Edna Rice
Houston, Plainview
Trading With Enemy Is Hit By Slaten Reader
A Slaton reader complains the press ignores a nationwide petition to Congress to stop aiding and trading with Communists in Vietnam and calls for copies of the petition. The editor counters that multiple articles have covered the controversy and that trading with the enemy remains news.
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The
Avalanche-Journal
Congress
Vietnam
W. Melton Bruster
S. 9Th St
Slaton
Mr. B
A-J
Bureaucrat Definition Excerpt Draws Reader Letter
Brownfield reader cites Martin A. Lawson passage calling bureaucrats "cogs in a great machine" and condemning conformity, obedience, and lack of ethics while noting concern over public life being placed in bureaucratic hands. Letter from W. Graham Smith, Box 186, Brownfield.
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Avalanche Journal
Martin A. Lawson
Lubbock
Earth
W. Graham Smith
Brownfield
Double Standard Is Not Logical
Letter to The Avalanche Journal discusses perceived hypocrisy in liquor policy. The writer notes shifting supports for liquor by the drink and new campus prohibitions on liquor and minor purchases. Albert Darby cites youth realism and questions moral consistency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche Journal
Papa
Mamma
Johnny
Sue
Albert Darby
9Th St
Half dollar giveaways boost store traffic at Montgomery Ward
A Greencastle Indiana Montgomery Ward promo used a wheelbarrow of half dollars as a cash refund incentive. Shoppers received a new fifty cent piece for every ten dollars spent and redeemed refunds at the appliance section. The stunt doubled sales versus last year.
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Montgomery Ward
Argil Haltom
Greencastle
Ind
Haltom
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George McGoavern
Main Street
Eugene P
Pete) O'Grady
Novak
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
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