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Nixon Gets State’s 54 Ballots At Texas GOP Convention
Texas delegates will cast the state 54 votes for Nixon for president and Goldwater for vice president at the Republican National Convention. Nixon won unanimous backing with Goldwater withdrawing a token bid. The 1,200 delegates approved resolutions condemning federal aid to schools and socialized medicine amid lively demonstrations led by West Texans and San Antonio delegates.
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San Antonio
Texas
Richard Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Nixon
Arizona
Goldwater
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
U.N
Henry Cabot Lodge
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Senate
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Gressional
el Paso
Midland
Pecos
Ole
Ike Kampmann Jr
Party
Kampmann
Ike
State Senate
John R. Black
Dallas
Albert Bel Fay
Houston
Jack Porter