Backers See Demo Defectors Decisive For Goldwater Victory
GOP hopes hinge on dissident Democrats shifting votes to Goldwater. Organizing groups emerge in Florida Texas Maryland Oklahoma and Colorado with figures like Mallory E. Horne Hardy Hollers W. G. N. Ruckert George Cranmer and John F. Redding guiding southern outreach. Northern Democrats also show strong but quieter support while some switch privately to avoid business fallout.
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Washington
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
Johnson
Democrats-for- Goldwater
Citizens For Goldwater - Miller
F. Clifton White
White
Democrats For Goldwater
Mallory E. Horne
Florida
House of Representatives
Hardy Hollers
Austin
William Robert Smith
San Antonio
Maryland
H. Guy Campbell
Towson
W.G.N. Ruckert
Baltimore
Oklahoma
Jack D. Berry
Goldwater- Miller
George Cranmer
Denver
Goldwater
Colorado
John F. Redding
Asheboro
N.C
Citizens Operation
Redding
South
Lyndon Johnson
Tom R. van Sickle
Citizens For Goldwater Group
Arizona
van Sickle
Rise of the vice presidency from political graveyard to power center
The piece traces how the vice presidency evolved from a powerless presiding role to a key political position. It notes earlier disdain for the office, cites presidents who faced the post, mentions Truman’s cabinet era shifts, and highlights the 1949 onward ascent with the National Security Council, ending with current intense contest as Humphrey and Miller campaign.
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United States
Harry Ferguson
United Press International
Senate
Richard M. Johnson
George M. Dallas
William R. King
van Buren
Polk
Pierce
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
William McKinley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry 5S Truman
Democratic Party
Irving G. Williams
George Clinton
Thomas Jefferson
Henry Wallace
Congress
National Security Council
Truman
White House
Henry L. Stimson
Hubert Humphrey
William Miller
Of Thee I Sing and the Vice Presidency’s Fall
Washington reports a 1931 Broadway hit that turned the vice presidency into a national joke. The musical comedy Of Thee I Sing won a Pulitzer, mocking elections with Victor Moore as Alexander Throttlebottom, whose misadventures defined the office’s low esteem.
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Harry Ferguson Washington
UPI
Music Box Theater
New York
Victor Moore
Moore
George S. Kaufman
Morrie Ryskind
Alexander Throttlebottom
Throttlebottom
White House
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Herbert Hoover
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Almanac remembers Faraday and historic dates for Sept 22 1964
On this 22nd day of September 1964 the Almanac notes Faraday born in 1791 and lists history milestones including Nathan Hale hanged in 1776 and Kipling's quote. It also marks autumn beginning at 8 17 p m EDT and the 266th day of the year with 100 to follow.
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United Press International
Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Michael Faraday
Nathan Hale
China
Chinese Communist Party
Chicago White Sox
Five Sought For Slashing Misfit in Torrance Attack
Police hunted five teen suspects, three boys and two girls, after a 15 year old cerebral palsy victim from Torrance High School was slashed with a rusty razor. The assailants seized her blouse pocket and warned she would face worse if she returned to school. The victim did not identify her attackers. injuries described as minor.
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Torrance
Calif
UPI
Margaret Mary Little
Torrance High School
Couple Weds After Motorcycle Crash in Sileby
Janet Clare and Anthony Smith married Saturday in Sileby England three days after a motorcycle crash. Miss Clare wore a cast on one leg and Smith arrived with a broken arm in a sling for the ceremony per UPI report.
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Sileby
England
UPI
Janet Clare
Anthony Smith
Miss Clare
Smith
Coolidge Jokes About Formal Dinners at State Dinner
At a state dinner Vice President Calvin Coolidge faced a sympathetic lady who understood his burden of attending many formal functions. He replied with a wry line about needing to eat somewhere, reflecting his understated humor.
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Washington
UPI
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Death notices from Glen Morgan and nearby towns
Multiple obituaries list Virginia Alice 50 of Glen Morgan funeral 2 p m Calfee Funeral Home Chapel burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Ed Snyder funeral 4 p m Ebenezer Baptist Church burial Greenwood Memorial Park. James Collins 84 Lester funeral 2 p m New Jerusalem Holiness Church burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Elsie Leonard Vaught 38 funeral 11 a m First Assembly of God burial Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Infant Vannatter one day died Sept 20 1964 graveside 2 p m Sept 22 Fayetteville Cemetery officiant Rev Robert Perry. Burial homes Webb and Neal and The Williams and The Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor and Calfee.
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West West
Virginia Alice
Glen Morgan
Calfee Funeral Home
Jack Maddy
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Caffee Funeral Home
Collins Collins
James
James Collins
Lester
New Jerusalem
Chuch
Joe Harriston
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Vannatter Vannatter
Fayetteville
Robert Perry
Lewis Vannatter
Ann Drysdale Vannatter
Beckley
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Pif Trantozzi Pietrantozzi
Cecilia
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Thomas L. Kerrigan
Sunset Memorial Park
Vance Drive
Raymond Massaroni
Gino Brugnoli
Flo Basconi
Pedro
George Torrico
Nido Ponturi
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
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Willie Johnson
Lugo
Webb & Neal Funeral Home Ambulance Service
R. H. Neal
Egnor Monument Works
Alden W. Deck
A. E. Deck
Mt. Tabor
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Robert L Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Jean's
New Mexico
Page Post Office
Oak Hill
City Ave
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
Nashville
Tennessee
P. D. Box
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St
Wright
Halstead
John W. Eye CO
W. Neville
King Photo Supply Co
Neville St. Tel
West Virginia
P. O. Box
Charleston
W. Va
Midwest
California
Sara Casanova
Beckley Hotel
The
National Association of Barber Schools
Huntington Barber School
Third Ave
Huntington
S. Kanawaha
Parkway Street
Willey Brothers
Hinton
FE. C. Dively
Lewisburg
Jan Campbell Music Co
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Will Phillip Mullens
Trump Avenue
Will Jack Maynard
Ford Street
Insurance Adjusters Schools, Inc
McKim Ride
Will Byron Goode
Gan
West Virginia Rehabilitation Division
State Capitol
Pinecrest Motel
Reading
Schroyer
Avon Way
Bostick Avenue
W Vo
Seebert
Chi Chi's Grill
Curb
Person
Town & Country Drive Inn
H Bennett
E. Beckley
R. L Stinson
Myers Ave
Mullens
Dial
Eddie DeHart
Coal City
Suddreth's
Turkey Farm
care _Beckley
Fuller Brush
P.O
Marmet
South Charleston
Temple Street
Young Growing Corporation
P.O. Box
LESCO
Warren French
Virgil French
Mer. Beckley
Fairlawn Avenue
Montgomery Ward
Joe Hunt
Piney View
Bluestone Boat Dock
B.T.U
Whitesville
Hall Furn
Best Furniture CO
South Fayette Street
Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner
Singer Sewing Machine
Electrolux
J. W. Huddle
Mary Carter
Pioneer Chain
Iler Buckeye
S. H. Slayton
Itmann
Martins
Sprague Hill Res
Beckley Glass CO
City Avenue
Carter Brothers
Sparks TV
Remington Portable
KLAUS
McCreery St
Kanawha Street
Kanawha
Johnstown Road
RCH
Neville
Greer
PACK
Fayette
MET
Valley Dr
Valley Dr. North
the Trading Center
S. Oakwood Ph
Colony Drug & A & P McCulloch Chain
Basham’s
White Oak Phone
Beckley Maytag
Maytag
Neville St
Ashworth’s
Wilson
S. Kanawha
C. J. Walker
Zenith TV
Prince St. Ph
Norge Appliances
NORGE
DOY Appliances
Valley Drive
N. Ph
S&h
Sophia Builders & Supply
Sophia, W. Va
Homelite
Dearing Bros. Prosperity
Nash Campbell
Radio
Grady
Whitlock
the Almanac
Rudyard Kipling
E.D.T
Blue Circle
King Bradley
W. VA US
H. C Thomas
Hr Ty
Beckley Florists
Webbs
Mt. Hope
Dial Beckley
H. Edward Snuffer
Dry Hill Rd
F.H.A
Cecil C. Lilly
Means Lumber Co
Sisson $E Ph
Brand Lia
Mac
Hine Bia
Lami
Beckley Post-Herald
Raleigh Register
Amana
Fred
Quality Lumber & Supply Co
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