Arizona Delegation Drama Shapes 1968 Convention Race
In Arizona Republicans stand poised for the national convention led by Dick Nixon amid a nonelection miracle scenario. Democrats face organization struggles as Robert Kennedy supporters contend with Johnsons forces. President announces he will not run shifting power to Kennedy allies, while Eugene McCarthy draws student support though lacking funds.
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Arizona
Dick Nixon
Robert Kennedy
Johnson
Donnybrook
Kennedy’ Group
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
William Connell
Connell
Teddy Kennedy
Kennedy
Humphrey
Democratic battle over Arizona delegation unfolds
In this 1968 style briefing, Humphrey may split the Arizona vote while Kennedy supporters push unit voting rules to gain a majority. A favorite son plan surface with Stuart Udall Morris Udall or Carl Hayden to avoid intra party blood-letting and buy time before the nominating convention. Delegates should stay free to choose when the time comes.
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Hubert Humphrey
LBJ
Ee - Kennedy
Arizona
Stuart
Morris Udall
Sen
Carl Hayden
Len
Democratic Party
Traffic boom predicted for metropolitan area by 1980
A Valley Area Traffic and Transportation study forecasts more than double the registered automobiles in the metro area by 1980, with 289,000 currently. Daily trips per person rise from 1.57 to 1.79, hitting suburbs hardest and prompting urgent, coordinated highway planning by state, county, and city governments.
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Valley
Humphrey Struggles to Unite Behind Kennedy Blow Upon Bobby Blitz
Robert Novak reports Humphrey's underprepared operation faced a late start against Kennedy as Kennedy aides pressed for party support. Johnson aides plotted, while some Johnson loyalists shifted to Kennedy or remained neutral, with key states like Michigan and New Jersey showing evolving splits.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
Humphrey
Novak
Johnson
Teddy
LBJ
México City
Marvin
Watson
James Rowe
Indiana
No Secret and No Defense in Atomic Race Glimpse
In Roosevelt and Frankfurter Their Correspondence 1928 1945 the authors show how Bohr Hinstein and Fermi aided the race to split the atom. The Russians had help from defectors and spies. Churchill resisted sharing with the Soviets while Truman told Stalin in 1945 and Stalin grew distrustful of Britain and the United States. History judges slowly but the claim remains there are no secrets.
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Roosevelt
Frankfurter
McGill
Denmark
Niels Bohr
Bohr
United States
Albert Hinstein
Destiny
Enrico Fermi
Italy
Stockholm
Mussolini
Franklin
Churchill
Truman
Stalin
Russia
Britain
Parents defend driver ed and its value in schools
A Scottsdale High School parent argues against dismissing driver education reports. He notes that measuring benefits is hard, cites classroom value, and questions funding shifts to Vietnam while highway deaths remain a concern.
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Scottsdale High School
Billion Dollar Decisions and A Narrow Escape in 1968
The author recalls a near fatal doze at the Jersey Garden State Parkway wheel and reflects on how a single instant could alter historic events from Vietnam to the Moon race. He laments missing his daughter’s wedding, Martin Luther King’s era, and the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle, choosing life over fate.
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New York
Jersey
Garden State Parkway
Considine
Johnson
White House
Vietnam
Creighton Abrams
George Pattern
Dozsing
Steinbeck
Martin ‘Luther King
Washington
Stokely Carmichael
Ben Hur
Yankee Stadium
Don Larsen
Wally ‘Schirra
Washington Monument
Moon
Slips Warn of Abductions and Governing Powers
A Pauls Valley Democrat note reports a Sunday call about a small white car attempting to lure children into a vehicle. The State here records a warning of poison plots. Governor McNair faces proposals that corporations could override local protests to condemn slums and build housing or industrial sites, per the Buffalo Courier-Express.
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Pauls Valley
Okla
Democrat
Buffalo Courier - Express
Army denies courage pills for Vietnam troops hoax
Satirical report claims Dr Mark Hawkins developed courage pills tested on a field mouse but mocked by Army officials. The Aberdeen test ends disastrously as Baker Company soldiers misapply bravado and retreat, prompting a shutdown of the project and a warning that courage cannot be manufactured.
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Mark Hawkins
Hoppe D.W.M
Chemical Warfare Department
Aberdeen Provinge Grounds
Hawkins
Baker Company
1346Th Infantry
Buck Ace
Ace
Capt
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America
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Grossman
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Acq
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Saigon
Scottsdale Progress
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W. B
Doc" Wright
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Scottsdale Publishing Company
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