Rockefeller Challenges Nixon's Claim to Delegates
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and backers dispute Nixon campaign claims of having sufficient delegates to win the Republican nomination. Rockefeller asserts Nixon lacks assured votes and cites a 667-delegate threshold on the first ballot, while Arkansas Governor Rockefeller and Pennsylvania's Shafer urge support, noting polls vary and Southern delegates may shift toward Reagan.
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Miami Beach
Fla
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Denver
Colo
Rockefeller
Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Winth
Arkansas
Nelson
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
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Rooter
Ronald Reagan
California
Shafer
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Humphrey
Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
F. Clifton White
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Nixon Vote Totals in AP Delegate Count Shifts
Nixon slips to 542 committed or first ballot pledged delegates a gain elsewhere narrows loss in AP tally as Rockefeller adds six to 202. Democrats tally 792 for Humphrey vs McCarthy 423 as favorite sons delegation numbers rise to 13 with McKeithen and Godwin joining.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
North Carolina
Washington State
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
Mills Godwin
Virginia
Sensational Space Age Hearing Aid Preview at Middletown Optical
Advertising copy touts a new space age hearing aid with low yearly running costs from 25 to 70 dollars and automatic noise control. It promises on the spot custom fitting and is to be shown Wednesday morning July 31 1968 from 9 am to 12 noon at Middletown Optical 1225 Central.
Eisenhower opposes camouflaged surrender in Vietnam policy
Eisenhower urged the Republican platform writers to avoid a camouflaged surrender in Vietnam and to keep the door open for the presidential candidate to set a position. The Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam backed a broad plank, opposing unilateral withdrawal and urging restraint and reciprocity in de escalation.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Hanoi
United States
Southeast Asia
Citizens Committee For Peace With Freedom
Vietnam
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller
Platform Committee
Eisen
Wisconsin
Citizens Committee
South Vietnam
Reagan Aides Claim 200 Delegates
Reagan strategists in California say he holds 200 Republican National Convention delegates and has a strong chance at the nomination while some state Republicans remain skeptical. They expect Nixon to secure the nomination and foresee a potential Reagan draft on the convention’s first ballot.
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Calif
Ronald Reagan
California
Richard M. Nixon
Reagan
Miami Beach
Alabama
Arkansas
Texas
Kentucky
Maryland
Virginia
Nixon
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