Demos to Toughen Civil Rights Plank
The Democratic platform committee chief and Senator Kennedy ally say the party will adopt a more precise civil rights stand this year. Perlman notes post 1956 gains and says voting bills aren t the only civil rights problems. minority reports expected from each state group. The four day hearings lead to a drafting subcommittee writing the party stand for 1969. The article also mentions Kennedy family figures and election speculation.
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Los Angeles
UPT
Democratic Platform Committee
Kennedy
Philip 5. Perlman
Perlman
Congress
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Virgin Islands
District of Columbia
Bowles ‘Conny
Kennedy's Wife Pregnant Ahead of Election Campaign
Washington reports Senator Kennedy and his wife are expecting their second child before November. Friends say Mrs Kennedy may skip the Los Angeles convention due to pregnancy but could travel if he secures the nomination to hear him speak.
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UuPn
Sen
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D-Mass
Los Angeles
Faubus Urged To Fight LBJ At Democratic Convention
George L. Singerman of Charleston South Carolina urged Arkansas Governor Faubus to head a Southern bloc against Lyndon Johnson at the Democratic national convention in a newspaper advertisement praising Faubus as “the symbol of” regional resistance.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Faubus
South Carolina
Lyndon Johnson
George L. Singerman
Charleston
Fauhbus
Oklahoma Holds Primaries in State and County Races
Oklahoma Democrats and Republicans pick nominees for congress state jobs and county offices in a primary election. Cherokee Adair and Sequoyah counties saw crime bureau oversight ordered by Gov. Edmonson after absentee ballot irregularities. The Republican Senate race narrowed to B Hayden Crawford and Herbert K Hyde with Kerr as the Democratic incumbent.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Congress
Cherokee
Adair l
Seequoyah
Crime Bureau
J. Howard Edsmondson
U.S
B. Hayden Crawford
Tulla
Herbert K. Hyde
U. S
Stop Kennedy Drive Old Pros Out by Lyle C. Wilson
The stop Kennedy movement falters as aging Democratic pros split their support. Truman’s behind the scenes push favors Stuart Symington or Lyndon Johnson, while Adlai Stevenson is omitted. ADA opposition targets Johnson. Kennedy gains from divided liberal and old-line factions.
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Los Angeles
Harry S. Truman
HST
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
Lyndon Johnson
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Nere
Americans For Democratic Action
West Virginia
Johnson
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