Lubbock Named as Challenge Shapes Texas Democrat Delegation
A Texas Democratic credentials hearing opened in San Antonio with a large crowd as 98 challenges to delegations were reviewed. Lubbock County faced a formal challenge while disputes over new rules on sex race age and presidential preference surfaced amid debates about delegates to the state convention.
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Texas
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Lubbock County
Cc. Burl Hubbard
Smith County
Tyler
Alabama
George Wallace
G. P. Futch
Rusk County
Jefferson County
Leon Stertz
Beaumont
Democratic Executive Committee
Roy Orr
Desoto
Bexar Credentials Fight Hints Texas GOP Convention Contention
The Texas GOP credentials committee heard two San Antonio delegations claiming legitimacy from the 26th Senate District. The panel met in executive session and adjourned without a decision, with a ruling expected the next morning and potential fights likely on the convention floor. The rump convention dispute traces to May 13 and a separate district meeting. The other committee reviewed 16 proposed resolutions among about 65 to be refined for the permanent committee.
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Dolph Briscoe
Texas
U.S. Senate
Barefoot Sanders
Dallas
Natonal
Robert Strauss
John Hill
Bill Hobby
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody
Pierre Salinger
McGovern
Galveston
State
Republican Party Convention
Bexar County
San Antonio
John O'Connell
Su Rs
O'Connell
W. D. Wilkerson Jr
Conroe
Republican Executive Committee
Wilkerson
Bill Archer
Houston
Archer
Porter Ends Vacation at Westport Point
Ambassador William J. Porter chief U S negotiator at Paris peace talks with North Vietnam winds down a vacation at his Westport Point summer home Mass and plans to return to Paris by Monday.
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Mass
William J. Porter
United States
Paris
Billy Graham's Explo '72 Draws Youth To Dallas Sites
The Explo ’72 event in Dallas Fort Worth attracts delegates from about 100 countries for a week of evangelism training and street witnessing. Graham predicts the gathering may be the largest religious event in U S history with as many as 250 000 attending the Cotton Bowl rally and festival closing.
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UPI
Texas
Billy Graham
U.S
Dallas-Fort Worth
Bill Bright
Campus
Crusade For Christ International
Explo
Cotton Bowl
Graham
Woodall
Rogers Parkway
United States
Bright
New York
Explo, Levit
U S Women Ski Team Diet Claims 20 Pound Loss in Two Weeks
An ad promotes the Ski Team Diet promising 20 pounds lost in 14 days with a chemical action basis devised by a Colorado physician. It pledges energy remains high and no starvation, claiming success warrants use by the U S Women's Ski Team and urging orders with a California address and a two dollar fee.
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U.S
Colorado
California
Primary Runoff Vote Tabulation Error Corrected
The Associated Press corrected a misprint that overstated Sanders over Yarborough in the June 3 runoff. Correct totals: Sanders 1 003 942. Yarborough 927 243 in 1 931 185 votes. Briscoe led gubernatorial runoff. Hobby topped Connally by a large margin.
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Barefoot Sanders
Ralph Yarborough
Texas Election Bureau
U.S. Senate
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Yarborough
Briscoe
Farenthold
Billy
Hobby
Houston
Wayne Connally
Connally
Obituary note requests flowers for Milo C. Reynolds
A Burlington Free Press notice memorializes Milo C. Reynolds who died at 100 with an unusual request that friends and enemies send flowers in lieu of charity. The message, dated from 1871 to 1972, reflects a family’s response to traditional obit wording.
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UPD
Milo C. Reynolds
Reynolds
Burlington, Vt
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