Conservative faction seizes control at Houston GOP convention
At Harris County Republican gathering conservatives pushed to reshuffle delegates before a 5 a.m. adjournment. The rebel group moved to exclude some at-large delegates and to alter the selection rules for the state convention in San Antonio while clashes and shouted slogans erupted on the floor.
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Barry Goldwater predicts 1968 GOP convention remains conservative
Barry Goldwater says 1968 Republican delegates will be 75 to 80 percent conservative and compares the convention to 1964. He criticizes Javits for calling Goldwater’s 1964 campaign a bad dream and urges greater military authority for Vietnam commanders. Sen Hugh Scott says no clear front-runner exists for the nomination.
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Brown links Goldwaterism to McCarthyism at UAW meeting
California Governor Edmund G. Brown warned the UAW convention that Goldwaterism and McCarthyism are alive. He contrasted Ronald Reagan with Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater, urging that farm workers gain union benefits and citing past political smear tactics. Brown cited George Murphy as an example not to be dismissed.
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Auto Train Collision Kills Eight at Bowie Crossing
Eight people including a family of five die after their car collides with an Auto Train at a Bowie Maryland crossing. Victims from suburban Baltimore include Raleigh Howard Jr Mary and five children. The toll at the crossing rises to twelve since 1958.
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