Lawrence County Voters Face Key Election Contests
As voters head to polls Tuesday Lawrence County weighs a presidential clash between Humphrey and Nixon and anticipates George Wallace’s third party impact. Local races include Schweiker versus Clark for the U.S. Senate, Doolittle vs. Clark, Oesterling’s bid for re election, Fox and Fee in the General Assembly, Depuy for auditor general, Sloan for treasurer, Hannum versus Cercone for Superior Court, and a Vietnam veterans debt measure on the ballot.
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Lawrence County
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Philadelphia
Clark
Nixon
Richard L. Doolittle
Beaver Falls
Donald O. Oesterling
Robert L. Gardner
Union Township
State Superior Court
John B. Hannum
Raymond P. Shafer
William F. Cercone
Allegheny County
GOP
Cercone
Nixon campaigns Texas for 25 electoral votes in Johnson country
UPI reports Richard Nixon crisscrossed Texas courting voters in Fort Worth Lubbock San Antonio and Austin promising Texans special treatment while blasting the Johnson administration space policy. He argued the United States lags behind the Soviets in space and attacked Humphrey as a war risk while noting Nixon would aid oil cotton and Mexican American interests.
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Daniel Rapoport
San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Richard Nixon
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texans
Nixon
Austin
Johnson
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Lbj Ranch
Fort Worth
Lubbock
el Paso
California
Pat
Julie
Tricia
David Eisenhower
John Tower
R-Tex
Paul Eggers
Air Force
Supreme Court
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey Praised as Torchlight Parade Draws Chicago Crowd
Hubert Humphrey returned to Chicago for a torchlight parade that drew an estimated 200000 marchers and spectators, far larger than the bitter post nomination battles. Mayoral support from Richard Daley and a five mile route from the Loop to Chicago Stadium highlighted a jubilant campaign stop before moves to Youngstown and New York suburbs.
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Merriman Smith
Chicago
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Richard Daley
The
Loop
Chicago Stadium
Democratic Party
Youngstown
Ohio
New York City
Pope Paul VI
New York
Wallace pledges to restore order on college campuses
George Wallace, running as an American Independent candidate, promised to cooperate with campus administrators to restore order and oppose federal control over local schools. He warned that some campuses are in the hands of revolutionaries and pledged no federal funding to disrupt and destroy institutions. He spoke to 8,000 in Asheville and 10,000 in Chicago, where the crowd cheered for over 20 minutes.
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Schweiker
U.S
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Randolph Pendleton
Chicago
UPI
George Wallace
Wallace
Joplin
American Independent Party
Asheville
N.C
International Amphitheatre
Polls show Humphrey close as Nixon leads by small margin
A Harris poll places Nixon at 40 percent and Humphrey at 37 percent with Wallace at 16 percent, narrowly narrowing as Humphrey gains among independents and the educated. If Humphrey gains two to three points before election day the result could go to the House, while North Vietnam hints at walking out of talks unless the NLF gains full U.S. recognition.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Louis Harris
Humphrey
Harris
Nixon
George C. Wallace
Midwest
House of Representatives
Paris
United States
National Liberation Front
Thieu
Vietnam
U.S
NLF
Johnson
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
America
Hanoi
Butler slips by New Castle in thin contest
Butler edged New Castle 26 to 20 in a close football game. The report notes a defensive battle with key plays shaping the final result on page 3.
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Butler
New Castle
New Castle Wins HUD Grant for City Redevelopment
The Department of Housing and Urban Development approved 3,165,136 for New Castle under the Neighborhood Development Program as the first U S grant nationally. The Redevelopment Authority plans acquisitions in Central and Riverside Areas, demolitions, relocations, and rehabilitation with a timetable into 1970.
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Frank M. Clark
Dbessemer
James R. Paige
New Castle
Department of Housing & Urban Development
U.S
Clark
United States
William B. Patterson
City Redevelopment Authority
Patterson
Central Area
Neshannock Ave
Riverside
Falls St
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania Today and Sunday
Partly cloudy and cooler conditions in Western Pennsylvania with a high in the upper 50s to 60s and a low in the upper 30s to 40s. Sunday brings variable cloudiness and a slight cool down with a chance of light showers mainly in the far north.
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Pennsylvania
U.S. planes shift targets as Viet War quiets briefly
After a halt in bombing North Vietnam began, U S air power shifts to South Vietnam with hundreds of planes reassigned to new targets. Reports say no South Vietnamese city attacks or DMZ strikes occurred, while US losses include one Marine plane down and two crew rescued after splash in the South China Sea.
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North
South Vietnam
Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Saigon
U.S
Red
Laos
North Vietnam
UPS
Perry Young
U.S. Navy
7Th Fleet
Gulf of Tonkin
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Enney
William R. Smith
Cherry Point
N.C
Frederick R. Donovan
Newark
Del
China
George S. Libey
Pleasant Lake
Ind
William H. Frizell
Monroe
Perth
Dan Nang
St Francis Hospital Receives $250000 ARC Expansion Grant
The Appalachian Regional Commission announced a $250000 grant for St Francis Hospital expansion. Funds target laboratory surgery bed capacity and X ray services as the program resumes after a nine month X ray technicians strike. The grant supplements $637000 already allocated, with remarks by John C. Jordan and U S Representative Frank M Clark.
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St. Francis Hospital
Appalachian Regional Commission
Mary John
John C. Jordan
New Castle
Republican Party
U.S
Frank M. Clark
D—Bessemer
Deaths of Edwin O Raney and David H Smith
Obituaries note the deaths of Edwin O Raney 88 of 610 County Line St and David H Smith 81 of 221% S Croton Ave on Saturday Nov 2 1968 Local notices identify their residences and ages in this brief death record.
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Edwin 0
Raney
David Harvey Smith
S. Croton Ave
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U.S. Senate
Richard S. Schweiker
Joseph Clark
Bessemer
Oesterling
Gardner
Lawrence Counties
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Pennsylvania Grange
General Assembly
Donald W. Fox
Byron Bakewell
Fox
Thomas J. Fee
Steve Burger
Sankey Youth Center
Fee
Dominic E. Cioffi
Burger
Warner Depuy
Robert P. Casey
Auditor General's Office
Depuy
Casey
Grace M. Sloan
Frank J. Pasquerilla
Johnstown
Mrs. Sloan
Pasquerilla
LBJ
Daley
Madison Street
News Index
Laurel
Mercer
Northwestern Post
Vocational Technical School
Neshannock
Ee Society
Pee
Eee
Riverside Area
South
By Jack Walsh
Ken Enney
San Diego
Calif
Panhandle
St. Francis
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