Connally Pressed to Nominate Johnson Again in 1960s
Governor John B. Connally of Texas, long allied with Lyndon B. Johnson, is noted as a decisive figure in Johnson’s campaigns and as a key strategist who helped shape the 1960 bid for the Democratic nomination. The article recalls Connally’s career from University of Texas leadership to Navy secretary, his postwar oil ventures, and a lasting memory of his 1963 assassination injuries and ongoing ranching interests.
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Austin, Tex
John B. Connally
Texas
Edmund G Brown
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Connally
Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Navy
Kennedy
Dallas
San Antonio
University of Texas
Know s His Dogs Denver
Clint Dewhurst, president and general manager of the Mile High Kennel Club, has spent 41 years around racing greyhounds. He was kennelmaster at a new Miami track Tex Rickard built in 1929, and Rickard fell ill the opening night and died five days later without seeing a race at his plant.
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Denver
Clint Dewhurst
Mile High Kennel Club
Miami
Tex Rickard
Rickard
News Shorts: Police Respond To Theft Then Radio Stolen
AP brief notes two Louisville police officers leaving their cruiser to investigate a theft and returning to find the car radio microphone missing. In Creston Iowa Debra Beebe reports selling nuts to her mother after a Brownies fundraiser, turning down a potentially bad check. In New York Anthony Hanzlik, manager of Flushing Airport, notes pilots complain about conditions at the last private airfield in the metro area.
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Louisville
Creston
Iowa
Debra
Lynn Beebe
New York
Anthony Hanzlik
Flushing
Commentary on Landing Fees Cited in Fishing Tournament
The speaker notes a $1.50 landing fee and criticizes wasteful spending across participants with remarks from Hanzlik. The remark highlights divergent attitudes toward costs in the event and hints at broader tensions over funding and conduct among competitors.
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Janda & Tobin Drug Store
Scout
Swedish Steel
Viking
Pickett
Sidney Office
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Sidney
Hanzlik
Lynnfield
Greenlee’s
Greenlees Inc
Tararee
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney, Nebraska
College Way
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