Wallace Pushups Amid Campaign Grind Ahead of DNC
Washington reports describe Governor George Wallace in Miami Beach doing pushups every ten minutes at his wife Cornelia’s insistence. The piece notes Wallace’s fragile health after two surgeries and his plan to maneuver within the Democratic Party for a 1976 nomination while facing a platform debate on busing.
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Patrick J. Slovan
Fire Light
Washington
Miami Beach
Cornelia
Alabama Gay
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Mrs. Walllace
Billy Joe Camp
Wallace Hackers
Sens
McGovern
Fun Phtey
Muskie
Riendly
Pierre Pella
Pelham
Alabama
Tovernor
Pelhamt
Platform Committee
al Wallace
Foy
Pelham Siapits
South
Nixon
Delegates From Broad Cross Section At Democratic Convention
Miami Beach reports show a diverse delegate mix for the Democratic national convention with 37 percent women and 14 percent Black delegates. Notable figures include Brenda Macklin a 17 year old from Virginia and 77 year old Pittman Belt of Alabama, plus nun, bus driver, and Buddhist delegates. A nine months pregnant New York delegate Diane Goldman signals a McGovern tilt.
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John P. Wallach de Light
Washington
Miami Beach
William Jennings Bryan
McGovern Commission
Pittman Belt
Birmingham
Ala
Brenda Marie Macklin
Lawrenceville
Bell Nor
Mackhin
Vermont
McGovern
Es Rabbi
Arts Ahther Clair Dunn
Arizona
Anne Kaelin
Nellie Eliza
Bell
Beth Forsythe
Mississippi
Teddy
Democratic National Committee
Kennedy
Psays
New Hampside
Peace Corps
Massachus
Beion
New York
Delega
California
Abby Rubenfeld
Tlon
J. W. Abel
Byoliner
Princeton University
Atid
Laine
Johnson
Gloria Steinem
Shirley Maclaine
Mario Thomas
Danny Thomas
Ann
Diane Goldman
Court Blocks Daley Challengers in Democratic Convention
Circuit Court Judge Daniel A. Covelli issued an injunction barring challengers to Mayor Richard J. Daley from seating at the Democratic National Convention. The action counters a Credentials Committee vote eight days earlier to seat 59 challengers and 58 other delegates from the March 21 primary.
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Chicago
UPI
Daniel A. Covelli
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Covell
Man Jailed for California Murder Arrested in Closet
Monahans based Guadalupe Gonzalez Castillo, 27, accused in the stabbing death of Tommy Trevino, 23, at a Norwalk party, was held in Ward County jail Saturday awaiting extradition papers after being arrested in a closet at his uncle’s home.
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Monahans
California
Ward County
Guadalupe Gonzalez Castillo
Tommy Trevino
Norwalk
Calif
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