Anonymus Foreteller Misses Early Predictions
A humorous column notes that a mysterious writer failed on earlier forecasts about Eisenhower Kennedy and other dire prophecies. It counts 1982 cannibalism and Martian invasion as unlikely, while citing local editor Meigs promoting a Peter Hurd lithographs book with Wyeth intro and Baker Galley Press details.
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John Meigs
Peter Hurd
Andrew Wyeth
Hurd
Meigs
Southwest
Baker Galley Press
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Demonstrators Regroup for Another Try
Weary protesters regroup near the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago after clashes over Humphrey’s nomination. National Guardsmen replaced fatigued troops as 3,000 demonstrators and police fought across Michigan Avenue, with hundreds wounded or arrested and guests confined inside the Hilton.
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Conrad Hilton
Michigan Ave
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Grant Park
Don Rose
National Mobilization Committee
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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Humphrey
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Michigan Avenue
Conrad Hilton Hotel
McCarthy Humphrey unity bid at Democratic convention
McCarthy urged Humphrey to join the Democratic nominee on the convention rostrum tonight in a display of party unity. The items mention Oslo royalty, Chicago police chief denial of heavy force, and other assorted briefs across multiple cities.
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Chicago
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Roswell ISD Reports First Day Enrollment Totals
Roswell Independent School District reports first day enrollment for 1968 totaling 9 589 with 4 427 in elementary, 2 364 in middle, and 2 798 in high schools. Bruce Cox notes first day figures usually run about five percent under final and final numbers may exceed spring projections.
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Roswell Independent School
Bruce Cox
Cox
Humphrey weighs running mate as convention ends
Hubert Humphrey, after clinching the Democratic nomination, weighs Edmund Muskie or Sargent Shriver as his vice presidential pick. He greets Johnson and congratulates Nixon while urging an end to violence at Chicago protests. McCarthy and McGovern spar over unity with him.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
R. Sargent Shriver
Humphrey
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Lakefront
William F. Ryan
New York
George E. Brown Jr
California
Richard N. Goodwin
John F. Kennedy
Donald C. Peterson
Wisconsin
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Vietnam
McGovern
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy
South Dakotan
Democratic Party
Norman Sherman
Muskie
Eisenhower makes progress as doctors lower bulletin pace
Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower, off the critical list, shows improving signs at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Doctors say the daily medical bulletin will be reduced to one unless the situation changes, noting reduced cardiac irritability, better appetite, and gradual liberalization of his restricted diet.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Humphrey Delays Running Mate Choice at convention
Democrat H Humphrey delays choosing a running mate amid doubts about Muskie appeal. Rumors place Sen Daniel Inouye as a contender while McCarthy and McGovern reportedly decline Unity gestures falter as Humphrey aims to announce tonight.
Violence threats grow as Diaz Ordaz faces protests in Mexico City
In Mexico City thousands of slum residents join students in anti government protests. Police and troops clash as 46 armored vehicles patrol Paseo de la Reforma while crowds call for Diaz Ordaz to resign the police chief is demanded to be replaced and 86 political prisoners are sought. A rooftop sniper fired as security forces fired into the air.
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Mexico City
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Paseo de la Reforma
Ordaz
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