Branigin signals support for Humphrey if nominated
New Albany Ind Governor Roger Branigin said he would back Vice President Hubert Humphrey if Humphrey is the party’s presidential nominee. Branigin declined to say whether he would support RFK or Eugene McCarthy if either were chosen to run in the May 7 Indiana presidential primary.
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Educational minimum wage urged for nation's children
Vice President Hobert Humphrey touring the South urged an educational minimum wage to ensure every child has an open future. He outlined plans for universal kindergarten, health services, higher teacher standards, year round schools, revamped vocational education, and stronger community involvement. He spoke at Ole Miss and urged biracial delegations to the Democratic Convention.
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Kennedy Sets Terms for Calif Debates with McCarthy
RFK demands that Vice President Humphrey participate in any televised debate with Eugene McCarthy before California’s June 4 primary. CBS and ABC offered debate terms. McCarthy’s camp accepted CBS’s invitation. Kennedy urged focus on crime and poverty, outlining a broad anti crime program rooted in Johnson’s commission and his DOJ tenure.
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Wallace Sweeps Texas Campaign Amid Picketing
George Wallace leading the American Independent Party toured Texas with the slogan We give you a choice. About 150 negro students from Stephen F. Austin College joined a nonviolent picket in Lufkin as Wallace’s second stop after his wife’s illness.
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McCarthy Ahead in Fullerton
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy led the Fullerton college primary with 314 votes, ahead of Richard Nixon at 225 and Robert F. Kennedy at 202 out of 1,113 cast. The Choice ’68 balloting at California State College involved over 1,000 colleges and more than two million students. Results beyond the top three included Rockefeller 98, Lindsay 87, Johnson 41, and others. National totals were not yet released.
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Pat Paulsen
Alabama
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Harold Stassen
Reagan Campaigns in Idaho Opens Presidential bid
Gov Ronald Reagan campaigns in Boise with a speech to a GOP fund raising dinner as the first of two trips through at least six states to test support for a possible presidential bid. He insists he is not an announced candidate while arguing any citizen could be seen as a potential nominee. He plans to speak at the Boise College Student Union and meet with Idaho Gov Don Samuelson who Monday said Reagan should reassess his non candidacy.
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Reagan
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Nixon Urges Black Militants for a Piece of the Action
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon urged private enterprise to meet black militants demands for a piece of the action in a position paper aired nationwide. He spoke in Oregon stumping for votes and attacked Senator Robert Kennedy for cruelly misleading campaign promises in Roseburg.
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Kennedy Leads In Indiana NBC Poll For Democratic Nomination
NBC surveyed 500 Indiana Democrats April 13 to 20. Kennedy leading with 43 percent, Branigin 26 percent, McCarthy 19 percent, with 12 percent undecided. Nixon praised black pride as a unifying force and urged private funds and talents to help urban areas.
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Roger D. Branigin
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Morton says Rockefeller likeliest GOP candidate in 1968
In Minneapolis Sen Thruston B Morton estimated a 9 44 percent chance that New York Gov Nelson A Rockefeller would seek the Republican presidential nomination. With former Rep William E Miller they promote Rockefeller during a three day Midwest tour aimed at building support for his candidacy. Meanwhile a separate Nixon speech praised enterprise and individualism as core American values and contrasted them with welfare state rhetoric.
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UPI
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McCarthy Backers See Campaign Crossing a Divide
Senator Eugene McCarthy gains five congressional supporters who call his Pennsylvania campaign tally a watershed. He tours Indiana factories and farms ahead of the May 7 Indiana primary, meets students at Anderson College, and voices openness to a coalition government in South Vietnam if peace arrives.
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