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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1960
Page
3
Reports from Valdivia say heavy mountain rain swells rivers backing up from a quake wrecked outlet toward Lake Rinihue. Landslides block the overflow point, threatening the city abandoned by more than half its people in a mass flight.
At a San Antonio convention 1200 Republicans gathered to endorse Vice President Nixon for president. Thad Hutcheson opened the session with remarks and a fiery keynote by Ike Kampmann condemning Democratic rule in Texas and urging independent voters to support a new party representation in Austin.
Republican county chairs and vice chairs from across Texas met for a two day state convention to swap ideas on campaign techniques regional issues and progress in the current election drive. The session led by John W Goode Jr and Mrs Flo Kampmann featured talks by Ted Smith E A Elwood Peter O Donnell and N T Berquist on precinct organization rural outreach and professional campaign methods.
At the Texas Republican state convention on Tuesday, Rocky-ites announced they withdraw support for Rockefeller. Bill Schulze said the Houston Rockefeller-for-President club caucused and urged backing Nixon as the next U S president after Rockefeller declared he was not a candidate.
Republican delegates at the Hilton in Harmony Texas enjoy a lively convention scene with Uncle Sam signs and Nixon memorabilia. A Hidalgo county delegate shows a pink elephant prop as demonstrations favor Nixon and hint at Goldwater for VP. Democrats meet in Austin to counter Johnson with campaign energy.
Two Senoritas from Madrid, Maria Teresa and Maria Luisa Perez Balsera, arrive in Santa Fe as honored guests for the city’s fiftieth anniversary celebration. They are the last living descendants of Don Diego de Vargas, the reconqueror who reentered Santa Fe in 1692.
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