Humphrey says McGovern nearly quit race before Wisconsin primary
Sen Hubert H Humphrey says rival George McGovern was close to pulling out of the White House race before Wisconsin on April 4. Humphrey noted McGovern considered dropping out as Muskie exited, while Humphrey planned a delegate push with Texas Democrats and viewed McGovern as receiving a boost from donor support.
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Humphrey
Edmund S
Muskie
George
Associated Press
George S. McGovern
Minnesota
Virginia
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Edmund S. Muskie
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Chisholm
Edmund Muskie
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Tennessee
Gov
Wallace
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
John V. Lindsay
McGovern pushes New York primary with Harlem visit
Senate hopeful George McGovern leads a late primary push heading for New York with a chartered jet tour of three boroughs and a Harlem Hospital visit alongside MLK Jr.'s widow. He stacks up delegates in Minnesota Virginia while Humphrey weighs exit after Wisconsin.
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George McGovern
South Dakota
Harlem Hospital
Martin Luther King, Jr
McGovern
Rapid City
New York State
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Environment Tops Debate in San Francisco Hearings
Democratic policy makers open the fourth cross country platform hearing in a San Francisco Veterans Memorial Building session devoted to corporate responsibility and consumer interests. Ninety witnesses requested to testify, including Western groups like the Sierra Club, plus consumer and minority representatives in a large turnout compared to Boston's prior 52 witness record.
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Faneuil Hall
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New Democratic Coalition
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White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Phil Barry
The
Cesar Chavez Farm Workers Union
Lydia Lopez
Hunger Action Project
Douglas Cater
Reporter Magazine
Washington
Oregon
California
Hawaii
Speedy Express Civilian Death Toll Revealed by Newsweek
Newsweek reports a vast civilian toll in 1968 Speedy Express in Mekong Delta. Officials estimate up to 5,000 killed in six months, with some private admissions of as many as 100,000. U.S. Ninth Infantry Division, 8,000 troops, 50 artillery pieces, 50 helicopters, and 3,381 air strikes supported the operation.
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Newsweek Magazine
U.S
My Lai
Kevin P. Buckley
Newsweek
Mekong Delta
Buckley
Kien Hoa
U.S. Ninth Infantry Division
Saigon
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US may end boycott of Paris Vietnam talks
Paris AP dispatch reports U S chief delegate Porter returning from Washington and indicating the United States may end its five week boycott of the peace talks. Porter says Nixon is keen on a negotiated settlement and stresses flexibility while weighing session timing and new proposals. He notes Nixon proposals including cease fire prisoner return and four month withdrawal after agreement as generous. Porter cites possible North Vietnamese directives as a nearby factor.
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K. Porter
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Marines Secretly Move Into Nam Phong Thailand Air Base
A contingent of U S Marines has moved secretly into Nam Phong Air Base near Khon Kaen in northeastern Thailand to prepare the facility for Marine fighter bombers. Thai officials oppose the presence, while Washington reports 40 000 U S military personnel in Thailand, up 7900 since the North Vietnamese offensive began March 30.
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USMC
Nam Phong
Udorn
Buri Promlakano
Bangkok
AWOL servicemen taken from church in Denver standoff
Three AWOL servicemen two sailors and a soldier were arrested by federal marshals at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church after seeking sanctuary. Bland and Hayes said they deserted the USS England en route to Vietnam. Berryhill claimed AWOL status from Ft Huachuca. One protester was also arrested as police and marshals cleared the area. James Self was not arrested.
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Vietnam
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Rocky Mountain Military Project
Johnson
Michael Taylor
James Self
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John
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