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Security fortress for Chicago Democratic Convention
Chicago security officials ringed the Democratic National Convention site with fences barbed wire and airspace controls. Police guards National Guards federal troops and Secret Service plan crowds routes hotel checks and air surveillance to deter violence during the gathering of more than 5000 delegates led by President Johnson era security follows King and Kennedy era threats with concerted preparations across city Cook County and federal agencies.
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Chicago
Samuel H. Shapiro
Texas
Secret Service
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert F. Kenney
Halsted Street
Emerald Street
37Th
45Th
Emerald
Andy Prion
Mim
Justice Department
Robert KR. Burke
Hubert H Humphrey
Secret
Federal Aviation Agency
Chicago Police-Fire Department
Black United Front
Dick Gregory
Negracome
Gregory
Kennedy
Democratic Party Credentials Committee
Lincoln Park
New York
Coalition
Saldier Field
Chicago Park District
National Mobilization Committee
Tom Hayden
Students For A Democratic Society
Kansas State University
Hayden
Richard J. Daley
Samuel Shapiro
Illinois National
Joseph J. Woolf
Cook County
Woods
Park District
Soldier Field