Warring Demos Set To Open Show
The 1968 Democratic convention opens in Chicago amid barbed wire and heavy security as Humphrey battles rivals McCarthy and McGovern for the nomination. Delegates face floor fights on Vietnam, seating, and southern bloc support, with Johnson staying away from the event.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Minnesota
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Associated Press
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McCarthy
McGovern
Stockyards International Amphitheatre
Illinois
Lakefront
Johnson
Texas
Democratic Party
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
John B. Connally
Dele
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Julian Bond
Maddox
North Carolina
South Carolina
Robert E. McNair
South
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
Connally
McNair
McKeithen
Daley
Armco Names Engineer Ward Howard at Middletown Works
Ward Howard, 536 Kensington St., promoted to industrial engineer in Armco Steel Corp. Middletown Works. He joined Armco as a welder apprentice in 1933, progressed through maintenance, time study, and moved between plants, returning in 1966 to become associate industrial engineer.
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Middletown Works
Armco Steel Corp
Don Osborne
Ward
Kensington St
Armco
Washington Court House
Cloth Measuring Bolt Described as 40 Yards Long
A cloth measuring bolt is noted as 40 yards in length. The item is used for determining fabric length and cut measurements.
First Air Mail Flight Misrouted To Maryland Town
The pilot on the inaugural air mail leg from Washington to New York via Philadelphia landed in a small Maryland town to ask for directions and learned he had flown 25 miles in the wrong direction after nosing over.
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Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Maryland
Convention Schedule Opens 35th Democratic National Convention
CHICAGO AP The opening session schedule lists Baileys opening remarks at 7:30 p m CDT with invocation colors national anthem and flag salute. Daley and Shapiro deliver welcomes followed by Bailey Weaver Peden Oliver and Inouye as temporary chair and keynote speaker with Bayh introducing Inouye. A committee report on rules and possible unit rule fight noted.
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International Amphitheatre
John M. Bailey
Richard J. Daley
Illinois
Samuel Shapiro
Robert C. Weaver
Senate
Katherine Peden
Kentucky
Young Democrats
R. Spencer Oliver
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Inouye
Birch Bayh
Indiana
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