Politics Will Never Be the Same by Robert M White
Miami Beach diary on Tom Eagleton named as McGovern’s running mate. reporter Marshalling press, the driveway moment, Vietnam stance, and the promise of a political revolution redefining American politics. Eagleton’s youth urban Catholic background spotlighted as key factors.
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Robert M. White
Ledger
Miami Beach
the Ledger
Tom Eagleton
Coral Hotel
Army of Press
George McGovern
United States
Tom
Bob
Jefferson Street
Mexico
Vietnam
Sen. McGovern
Doral
McGovern
Missouri
St. Louis
AFL
Senate
Sen. Symington
Washington
Miami
Pittsburgh
White House
McGovern Accepts Nomination in Tumultuous Convention
At Miami Beach George McGovern accepted the Democratic presidential nomination amid a jammed hall and broad support from Kennedy and Eagleton. He pledged to unite Democrats and rebuild government for the people while vowing to wage a national, all-party campaign against Nixon.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
White House
Nixon
South Dakota
America
McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
Thomas F. Eagleton
House
Senate
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence F. O’brien
Jean Westwood
Utah
O’brien
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund 8
Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
Terry Sanford
Missouri
Richard Nixon
George C. Wallace
Eagleton
Roger Mudd
Archie Bunker
Eleanor
Martha Mitchell
GOP
John N. Mitchell
Kennedy
Ballota
Texas
Frances T
Frances T. “Sissy” Farenthold
Sen
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody
Missouri groups split on Eagleton ticket impact
Jefferson City AP report shows Democrats led by Hearnes praise Thomas Eagleton as McGovern’s choice while Republicans predict Nixon retains Missouri. Edges of party lines reveal hopes Eagleton could swing Missouri, with speculation on resignations and shifts in state offices. Also notes birth of daughter Beth Anne Medley in Audrain Medical Center.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Thomas Eagleton
George McGovern
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Tom
McGovern
Eagleton Hearnes
Sen
Eagleton
William Morris
Nixon
Christopher Bond
Hubert Humphrey
Morris
Bond
Washington
Secy
James C. Kirkpatrick
GOP
Senate
Hearnes
U.S. Senate
Nick Gray
Maryville
Atty
John C. Danforth
Danforth
Les Langford
Springfield
House
Langford
David A. Medley
Eagleton Visits Mexico and Audrain County Records
Thomas F. Eagleton, Democratic VP candidate, has frequent Mexico visits tied to his father's birthplace. In Audrain County he carried four of six county ballots, with tallies spanning 1960s to 1968 in races for attorney general, lieutenant governor, and senator, including a 1960 primary loss and a 1964 general win of 70 percent.
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Eagleton
Audrain
Thomas F. Eagleton
United States
Mexico
U.S
Missouri
Mark J. Magleton
Sr. Louis
St. Louis
Ireland
Mark
St. Louis University
Empire Club
New
Missouri Military Academy
George Spencer
Columbia
Stohr
Leutenant
Willard McDonald
Camdenton
Scott Ousley
Rolla
Jewett M. Fulkerson
Liberty
Ed V. Long
True Davis
St. Joseph
Davis
Long
Eight Classes For Fall At Mexico Community College
Mexico Area Chamber of Commerce announced a tentative fall schedule with up to eight three hour classes at Mexico High School or Mexico Area Vocational Technical School. Courses include Business Law I Psychology for elementary teachers Economics II American History English Composition I Accounting I Geography Regions and Nations and Principles of Marketing. Registration tentative Sept 6 with classes starting Sept 11.
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Mexico Area
Carriere
Mexico High School
University of Missouri
William Woods and
Westminster Colleges
William Woods
Westmiinster Colleges
Zoning Topic at Audrain Betterment Assn Meeting
The Audrain Betterment Association Planning and Zoning Committee will host a county planning and zoning talk by University of Missouri Extension's Robert Simonds. The speaker will outline needs, procedures, and how zoning protects farming land while guiding rural development and pollution control. James V Worstell urged county residents to attend and share opinions.
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Audrain Betterment Association
Audrain County
Robert Simonds
University of Missouri Extension Division
ABA
James V. Worstell
Simonds
Mass of stock certificates found along Kansas road
A cardboard box containing stock certificates bonds land abstracts and insurance papers was found by a road machine operator near Randolph Kansas. Sheriff officers estimate the face value of the securities at 200000 to 300000 and report the box was stolen July 7 from Mrs Ethel Mae Boyles of Salina. She valued the loss at about 2000 including 285 cash. Mrs Boyles works as a secretary at St Johns Hospital in Salina.
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Manhattan
Kan
Wayne Anderson
Ethel Mae Boyles
Salina
American Telephone and Telegraph Atock
B. R. Parker
Jerry Graves
County Road Department
Randolph
Graves
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Miami Beach, Fla
Demos
Beth Anne Medley
K&m
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