Democrats Struggle Over Mississippi Delegates At Convention
At Atlantic City the Credentials Committee postponed ruling on seating Mississippi and Alabama delegations amid civil rights clashes. A Negro woman testified she was jailed and beaten. Johnson weighs vice presidential choices as Humphrey visits and a decision nears.
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Freedom Democrats
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Ruleville
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Free
Carl E. Sanders
Georgia
Johnson
Humphrey
GOP HERE 400 Hear Speakers At Rally
A Roswell rally drew about 400 Republicans including Sen. Edwin Mechem and Merle Tucker. Speaker Joe Leonard criticized the Democratic administration and highlighted highway funding disputes. Senator Mechem urged GOP control of both houses to secure national security.
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New Mexico
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Department of Agriculture
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Mississippi and FDP clash at DNC credentials hearing
The Democratic National Convention credentials panel heard the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and the regular delegation argue over seating. Testimony included claims of voter suppression and beatings in Mississippi. Rita Schwerner testified as a nonresident, and debates over legitimacy and potential seating solutions continued into the night.
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Mississippi
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Clarksburg
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Regu
Lhe Party
National Party
Boston
Robert Edwin King
Fannie Lou Hamer
Ruleville
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Free
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Georgia
Chaves County Farm Bureau Elects Two New Directors
At the annual meeting held at Berrendo School on Saturday night, the Chaves County Farm and Livestock Bureau elected Robert Estes and Weldon Wagner to the board of directors. H. C. Berry Rosco Fletcher Bill Langenegger Wallace Reinecke Clarence Taylor Robert Utterback and Al Woodburn remain as holdovers with Langenegger and Taylor reelected. Donald Lewsader wowed the crowd with Old Man River and will compete in the state talent show in the fall. The Footnotes composed of Harry Burkstaller Lane Ginsberg and Church Fields won the junior division with Malaguena and Ghost Riders in the Sky. Senior division competitors included Della Foster Sharon Birkenbuel and Sherry Morris with Birkenbuel finishing as runner-up. New officers to be elected September 7 will come from the old state and board.
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Weldon Wagner
H. C. Berry
Rosco Fletcher
Bill Langenegger
Wallace Reinecke
Clarence Taylor
Robert
Utterback
al Woodburn
Langenegger
Taylor
Bill Milstead
Norman Smith
Edwin Corn
Audrey Corn
Dorothy Corn
18 Year Old Drowns at Lake Roberts Near Silver City
Robert Hicks, 18, of El Paso Texas drowned Saturday in Lake Roberts near Silver City. State Police skindivers Paul Gregory and Dean Smith recovered Hicks body after witnesses said Hicks and companions from an El Paso scout troop tried to swim to an island and Hicks complained of cramps.
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Truth Or Consequences
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Las Cruces
Hicks
Hurricane Cleo Winds Batter Guadeloupe Islands
Hurricane Cleo struck the French Caribbean island chain with 115 mph winds and later rose to 120 mph threatening the Virgin Islands Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Four injured in Guadeloupe as streets filled with uprooted trees poles and wires. Communications to interior plantations were cut off and crops reported heavily damaged.
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Kangaroo Sighted Near Hobbs In New Mexico
Mrs. Robert Hammond of Oil Center near Hobbs seeks the owner of a light tan kangaroo seen with her 11-year-old son on New Mexico 8 twelve miles north of Oil Center. The marsupial hopped across the highway in two long bounds, stood off the ground, and appeared about 4.15 feet tall. Authorities suggest it may be a zoo or circus escape gone wild.
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Hobbs
Robert Hammond
Oil Center
Tornadoes Strike Midwest Injury Toll and Property Damage
Tornadoes lashed four Wisconsin towns including Port Washington and Fond du Lac injuring 23 people and damaging hundreds of homes. Michigan Indiana and Ohio also reported twisters with limited injuries and property loss. Port Washington's Lake Michigan coast area saw several homes flattened and 240 damaged. St Alphonsus Hospital treated 23, while Fond du Lac reported about 200 homes damaged.
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St. Alphonsus Hospital
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Lenawee
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