Political Year Draws To Close
A busy 1964 election year winds down as Louisiana figures reflect on races from constable to President Johnson. Governor McKeithen plans capital outlay bids and a fiscal session in 1965, with Sen. Adcock forecasting a budget surpassing 1 billion dollars and focus on highway and education needs.
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Johnson
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
McKeithen
Long Lake
Columbia
Monroe
Sen
Jamar Adcock
Adcock
Legislative Budget Committee
Charlton Lyons Sr
Shreveport
Reconstruction
DeLesseps S
Chep) Morrison
New Orleans
Morrison
Republicans gain in Louisiana as Goldwater carries state
The 1964 Louisiana results show Barry Goldwater winning the state over Lyndon B. Johnson, giving the GOP a rare victory in 88 years. Despite Democratic strength regionally, state rights sentiment helped Goldwater win Ouachita Parish and many local offices.
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Mexico
McKeithen
GOP
Louisiana
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Johnson
Ouachita Parish
George S
Goldwater
Morrison
Lyons
Ouachita
Monroe
Caddo Parish
1964 Political Change Near Ouachita Parish
The piece notes a Legislature with many new members amid a gubernatorial run off. In Ouachita Parish Rep. George Wood began his first term while Rep. Lawrence Gibbs secured a third term in the first primary. The year started and closed with political activity as City Hall shut on Christmas Eve, prompting optimism for a quieter new year.
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Fice
Quachita Parish
George Wood
Lawrence Gibbs
Howard
Continue Hearings In Mississippi Civil Rights Suit
A Mississippi federal judge was told to resume hearings in a suit to prevent interference with the civil rights movement. The Council of Federated Organizations seeks an injunction against Mississippi sheriffs the Ku Klux Klan the state highway patrol director and two segregationist groups the Citizens Council and Americans for Preservation of the White Race.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Council
of Federated Organizations
Ku Klux Klan
State Highway Patrol
The
Citizens Council
Americans For Preservation
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