Bradley named first black vice president of National League of Cities
Los Angeles Councilman Tom Bradley was nominated by the National League of Cities nominating committee to be the organization’s first black president in 1974, with Detroit Mayor Roman Gribbs as 1973 president and Salt Lake City Mayor Jake Garn as second vice president. The committee noted geographic balance and dropped Gary Indiana Mayor Richard Hatcher from nomination after a 3 to 3 vote. Moon Landrieu backed Hatcher before withdrawing his name to support Bradley’s candidacy.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National League of Cities
Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
League
Richard G. Hatcher
Gary
Bradley
Detroit
Dementa
Roman S. Gribbs
Ej.jake Garn
Salt Lake City
San Juan
Carlos Romero Barcelo
Houston
Louie Welch
Fargo
N.D
Flereshel Lashkowitz
Welch
Presi
Dent
Hatcher
Texas
Curtis Grace
New Orleans
Moon Landrieu
Jack Maltester
San Leandro
Calif
Indiana
Indianaplis
Richard Lugar
Gribbs
Demo leader hopeful gains backing in DNC race
Former Democratic treasurer Robert Strauss drew fresh support for the party chair race as Mary Lou Burg of Wisconsin endorsed him in a letter to all 30 DNC members. Supporters also cited 18 Democratic governors and governors elect who plan to back Strauss at the Governors Caucus in St. Louis. The DNC meets December 9.
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Washington
Robert Strauss
Mary Lou Burg
Wis
Consin
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence F. O'Brien
DNC
Strauss
O’brien
Jean Westwood
Westwood
George McGovern
South Dakota
Miss Burg
Will Voe
St. Louis
National Committee
Humphrey to Lead Dem Vice Presidential Selection Panel
Sen. Alubert Humphrey of Minnesota was named chair of the Democratic Party Commission on Vice Presidential Selection. Appointed by party chair Jean Westwood, the panel will hold hearings and issue recommendations by January 1, 1974. Other members will be approved next week by the Democratic National Committee.
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Sen
Alubert Humphrey
Dminn
Lyndon Johnson
Democratic Party
Humphrey
Democratic Party Commission
Tion
Jean Westwood
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
Democratic National
Johnson
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Coin flip names Nevada chief justice Thompson
Justice Gordon Thompson won a coin toss to become chief justice of the Nevada Supreme Court in January. Justice John Mowbray was chosen for the two year term. both were the senior members elected in 1968 and the coin determined the post under the five justice court.
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Carson Cily
Nev
UPI
Gordon Thompson
Nevada Supreme Court
Thompson
John Mowbray
David Zenoff
Mowbray
Nevada
Thompson and Mowbray
Bradley loses mayor bid and seeks new run in LA politics
The text notes a biack man nominated for first vice president by a committee, Bradley’s narrow mayoral loss to Sam Yorty, plans to announce another mayoral bid next week, and a keynote warning about cuts to federal urban aid programs seen as a potential disaster under the Nixon administration.
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Biack
Bradley
Hatcheraid
Sam Yorty
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