Oklahoma Joins Train Texas Delegates Leave For Chicago
Texas Democrats travel by a 13 car Santa Fe special from Temple to Chicago for the national convention with Oklahoma delegates boarding in Oklahoma City. The train includes dining and lounge cars, stops at Fort Worth and Gainesville, and aims to connect delegates from across the state with Chicago events. Some Texas leaders, including Connally, may attend later. Preston Smith plans to fly.
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Oregon Convention Aims to Put Wallace on Ballot
In Portland an Oregon state convention is called to secure George Wallace on the November ballot requiring 1000 registered voters to attend. Officials expect far more to participate. Wallace said his party has met requirements to appear on the ballot in 42 states and aims for all 50 before the election.
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Wallace avoids campaign break as Prague bans liquor
Wallace pressed a five state tour with Oklahoma City and Detroit as first stops amid a Soviet Czech invasion brief. He rejected speculation on campaign effects while noting a strong domestic response. In Vienna radio reports Prague banned liquor sales, and a Czech party chief urged Washington to stay in Vietnam to protect servicemen.
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Texas Solon Backs Platform Against Vietnam Plank
Rep Graham Purcell of Texas urged the Democratic platform committee to avoid a Vietnam war plank, signaling that such a move could weaken U S position in Southeast Asia. He sent telegrams to Gov John Connally and Rep Hale Boges in Chicago. He cited opposition to appeasement and contrasted it with the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia as evidence of communism favoring force.
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Democrats Clash on Vietnam Plank at Convention
At Chicago, a Democratic platform fight over Vietnam risks delaying nomination as 2600 delegates debate strongest possible peace plank. A 21 member subcommittee and a 25 member group push for explicit disengagement terms while supporters of all major candidates back their lines. Theodore Sorensen warned the party must adopt a strong peace plank to avoid jeopardizing the ticket.
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Nixon Relaxes In Florida Sun
Nixon, the Republican presidential hopeful, relaxed at a two story oceanfront villa in South Biscayne Hotel, Biscayne Bay, Key Biscayne, Florida. He cruised aboard a houseboat with Gov. John Connally and his campaign aides, while a tense platform committee debated major changes tied to a bombing halt and a Vietnam stance. Connally said proposals would differentiate the party, and aides in Washington kept Nixon informed as rivals Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern sharpened the nomination fight.
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Maddox Could Lose Fight For Credentials
In Chicago, Democratic factions over Georgia delegates reach a forced settlement as the Credentials Committee weighs competing bids. Gov. Lester Maddox and party chairman James Gray face contrasting claims of Negro representation while McCarthy forces push for a stronger challenge to Georgia and Texas delegates. The decision elevates a volatile convention fight ahead of Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy’s national ticket battle.
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Democratic platform fights mark DNC convention prep
Democrats face floor fights at the upcoming Democratic National Convention over platform language and delegate seating after the Credentials Committee split Georgia's delegation. Theodore Sorensen vows to push for a strong peace plank in Vietnam as Nixon rests in Florida and Wallace flies to Oregon to accept his party nomination.
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Daley Faces Crown Or Storm At Democratic Convention
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley braces as the Democratic National Convention opens next Monday amid threats of rallies and violence. Past riots haunt the city as Daley, a veteran fixer, weighs police action and crowd control while labor strikes and taxi protests echo across Chicago.
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