Young Republicans Rally Behind Goldwater at National Convention
At the 13th biennial Young Republican convention in San Francisco about 1,000 delegates attended. The crowd anticipated a civil rights statement likely to spark controversy while backing Barry Goldwater for president. Georgia governor and other figures spoke as Goldwater supporters displayed signs and paraphernalia amid a Goldwater-dominated scene.
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Oregon
Mark Hatfield
Andrew Hunter
Massachusetts
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Cuba
Laos
Bob Cohen
New Hampshire
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Charles McDevitt
Idaho
Donald Lukens
House of Representatives Rules Committee
Congress
Phoenix
National Goldwater For President Club
Bedlam
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Barry
White House
Texas Deelgation
Inscription Bill Seeks God We Trust Above Supreme Court
Rep Robert T. Ashmore introduces a bill to place the words In God We Trust in gold lettering above the chief justice chair in the marble freize of the Supreme Court. He argues the phrase reflects the faith of the nation following a 1963 ruling on Bible readings in classrooms.
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Supreme Court
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Meridian City Council to Hire Four More Negro Policemen
Meridian Mississippi council approves hiring four additional Black patrolmen and upgrades one officer on the force following Mayor Henry Burns recommendation. Actions taken Tuesday expand integrated police staffing in the city.
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Meridian, Miss
Henry Burns
DAR Welcomes Tax Inquiry and Cooperation
Washington AP reports the Daughters of the American Revolution says it will cooperate with any tax exemption or related investigations. DAR President-General Mrs. Robert W. H. Duncan asserts the national society is open, nonsecret, and not profit driven, defending its 1895 congressional charter and taxpayer funded report printing as voluntary. Senator Maurine Neuberger criticizes the DAR as potentially right wing and questions report funding, while noting she is not a DAR member.
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Lyons Sees Electors Futile in 1964 Fight
Charlton Lyons, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, told the Kiwanis Club in New Orleans that third party and unpledged elector movements are futile against President Kennedy. He called the Kennedy administration a force driving the nation toward socialistic totalitarianism through presidential edict.
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UPI
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Kennedy
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Shreveport
The
Kiwanis Club
Negroes March On Washington Date Set For Aug 28
NEW YORK AP reports Rev George Lawrence co chair of the march says Aug 28 is the date for a nationwide civil rights demonstration in Washington with over 300000 expected to attend to press Congress to pass civil rights legislation. If a filibuster blocks the bill the date may be moved forward.
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New York
Congress
George Lawrence
Brooklyn
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Demonstrators to Sit In on Congress in Wave After Wave
Report notes demonstrators plan sustained sit ins inside the Congress chamber with repeated waves of action seen as a broad protest tactic. The description captures organized nonviolent pressure targeting legislative proceedings and public attention.
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