Just Ask McCarthy Youth Valuable In Campaign
Washington AP report notes statistician Richard M. Scammon says mobilizing young voters yields free labor like stamping and door knocking more than direct votes. He cites McCarthy’s primaries as proof and explains younger people have more time but less money to contribute to campaigns. See CAMPAIGNS Page 8.
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Richard M. Scammon
Labor
McCarthy
Eugene J. McCarthy
New Hampshire
Scammon
Census Bureau
Great Cities Research Council
Dems Keep Chicago as Convention Site Amid Strike
The Democratic National Committee plans to hold the national convention in Chicago despite a long running Illinois Bell Telephone strike by IBEW workers. Officials cite inside information predicting settlement before Aug 26 and warn loss of radio and TV coverage if the strike continues. A memorial service issue for Sen Kennedy at the 1968 convention has been settled with a joint tribute to Kennedy and Adlai Stevenson.
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Leslie Carpenter
Avalanche-Journal
Washington Bureau
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Ilinois Bell Telephone Co
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
Tech Cheerleader School Opens With 550 Enrollees
The fifth annual Cheerleaders School at Texas Tech starts Sunday with 550 participants from Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado and Texas. Junior high high school and college students will receive training in cheer techniques crowd psychology and pep rally planning led by National Cheerleaders Association staff. A poster contest by Dimmitt's Shirley Kountz highlights the event housed at Hulen Hall with dorm lodging 50 tuition and access to university facilities.
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Texas Tech
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Texas
Edsel Buchanan
Tech
National
Cheerleaders Association
NCA
Dallas
Buchanan
Willard Holsberry
National Association
Robert Shields
Tech School
Shirley Kountz
Dimmitt Public Schools
Hulen Hall
Not Guilty Plea Seen For Accused Slayer
London AP James Earl Ray's American attorney said Ray will plead not guilty if tried for slaying Martin Luther King Jr. The Birmingham lawyer Hanes and Ray's British counsel met at Wandsworth Prison as extradition issues loom. Hanes suggested no trial in newspapers and noted possible defenses including venue and insanity.
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London
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Arthur J. Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
Hanes
Michael Eulgene
Wandsworth Prison
Eugene
Alabama
Memphis
Tenn
United States
R. G. Sneyd
Iman
Arson Damages Stanford Offices in Weekend Fire
Arsonists broke into locked Stanford University offices in Stanford California on Friday and started a fierce fire causing about 100000 dollars in damage. The fire struck the office of President Wallace Sterling and damaged adjacent rooms. FBI regional director Charles Bates said investigators would explore links to a May 7 Navy ROTC building fire on campus. Deputy left by protest during sit-in over seven suspensions linked to CIA recruiters. Sterling, dean since 1949, retires September 1.
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Calif
Stanford University
Charles Bates
FBI
San Francisco
Stanford Research Institute
Central Intelligence Agency
Wallace Sterling
Denis ‘Hayes
Associated Students of
Sterling
Nixon near vote quota at Republican convention
Rep Melvin Laird said Nixon was about 39 votes short of a first ballot victory for the Republican presidential nomination. He discounted Rockefeller's bid and urged Nixon to pick a urban-friendly running mate, noting John Gardner as a possibility.
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Melvin Laird
Rockefeller
Johnson-Humphrey
Nixon
Laird
John Gardner
Urban Coalition
Dick Nixon
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