Kennedy withdrawal opens field for Democratic No 2
Sen. Edward Kennedy withdrew from consideration for the Democratic vice presidency one month before the convention. Front runners Humphrey McCarthy and Harris face a wide open field with Shriver and Ribicoff endorsing options. Nixon called Kennedy’s decision sympathetic to the difficult choice.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Fred R. Harris
France
Sargent Shriver
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Kansas
Kennedy
Boston
Massachusetts
McCarthy
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Shriver
Peace Corps
Harris
Cochairman
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Oklahoma
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Post Office Cut Delayed For A Week
Washington AP reports the first postal service cutback planned to take effect today has been postponed for one week as Congress weighs exempting the Post Office Department from federal manpower reductions.
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Washington
Congress
Post Office Department
Senate
Guerrilla Attack Strikes Udorn Air Base Thailand
A guerrilla force attacked Udorn Air Base in northern Thailand injuring four Americans and killing a Thai guard. One attacker was reported killed and another captured as security forces repelled the assault near the flight line housing F4 Phantom and C-141 Starlifter aircraft.
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Saigon
U.S
Thailand
Udorn
Bangkok
North Vietnam
Associated Press
Peter O'Loughlin
Air Force
Averted a racial bloodbath cooling air moves in
A cold air mass from Canada is expected to reach northern Ohio early Sunday and the area by evening bringing much cooler temperatures. The forecast low is about 70.
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Canada
Ohio
Madison
Kan
Wichita
West Virginia
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Minot
N. C
Cleveland Negroes Claim Succeeded in Cooling Tensions
Cleveland leaders say credit for averting a racial bloodbath belongs to a 24 hour cooling off period and the combined efforts of Negro groups, Mayor Stokes, police, and National Guardsmen. Evans, a black nationalist, faced multiple charges as authorities raided hotels and his home for weapons.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Car B. Stokes
William Picard
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Los
Picard
Stokes
Fred Ahmed Evans
Cuyahoga County
Evans
George Sperber
Trucking Industry Contributions to Congressmen Scrutinized
Des Moines Register reports that the Truck Operators' Nonpartisan Committee paid six-figure sums to several House subcommittee members before a bill curbing cooperative farm freight. Names include Friedel Dingell DeVine Watson Adams Rowan Cunningham and others. The payments, ranging from 100 to 2000 dollars, spanned 1965 to 1968. The measure passed and awaits presidential action.
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Des Moines, Iowa
The
Des Moines Register
House
Truckers’ Committee
Register
Uel Friedel
D-Md
John Dingell
D-Mich
Samuel Devine
Ohio
Albert Watson
R-S.c
Brock Adams
Wash
Daniel Rowan
Ill
Glen Cunningham
Rneb
the Register
Lionel van Deerlin
Calif
Fred Rooney
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Richard J. Daley
Sen. Kennedy
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W. Mar
Vin Watson
Watson
Glenville
Robert Boyd
Jimmy Collins
Ohio National Guard
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Ohio Adjutant General
Colorado
North Carolina
Rockies
Plains
Spencer
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Johnson
William Randall
D-Mo
Subcommittee
Sam
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