Complex Organization Drives RFK Campaign Structure
Washington reports a Kennedy for President apparatus uses stenographers and a confidential "Robo Book" for daily delegate tracking across 50 states Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The three interlocked teams include 1960 veterans Sorensen ODonnell Smith and Kennedy aides plus Edward M Kennedy staff, with Lawrence O'Brien joining as a key strategist candidate.
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Washington
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
John Kennedy
Theodore N. Sorensen
Kenneth P. O'Donnell
White House
Stephen E. Smith
Lawrence F. O’brien
Robert Kennedy
David Hackett
Three Way Battle IIs Taxing On Loyalties of Democrats
Washington UPI reports a three way Democratic presidential race in spring of 1968, with Hubert Humphrey Kennedy and McCarthy vying for support. Endorsements split among governors, senators, cabinet members, and party leaders, shaping but not deciding the contest four months before Chicago. Kennedy edges Humphrey among governors and is aided by Edward Kennedy and others. McCarthy gains ADA backing and strong NH and Wisconsin showings. Humphrey lacks visible dove backing on Vietnam, hurting national labor ties, while Kennedy lacks broad national labor leader endorsements.
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George J. Marder Washington
UPI
Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Humphrey
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
Philip H. Goff
Vermont
William S. Guy
North Dakota
John J. MecKeithen
Louisiana
McCarthy
W. Willard Wirtz
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Walter F. Mondale
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Joseph D. Tydings
Maryland
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Young
Kennedy-McCarthy
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Organized Labor
James H. Rowe, Jr
Johnson
Citizens For Johnson-Humphrey
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
John J. Burns
N.Y
Lester S. Hyman
Mass
J. Joseph Garrahy
R.il
California
Jesse Unruh
John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
Robert Rock
Indiana
The
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Vietnam
Kennedy Campaign Tour Through West Virginia Recasts 1960
Senator Robert F. Kennedy toured southern West Virginia retracing Kennedy era routes. He urged, urged renewed support in Princeton Welch Pineville Superior Logan and Pineville courthouses. He contrasted past hope with present needs, reading Welch Daily News criticism and praising West Virginians' willingness to listen and be convinced. In Charleston leaders urged Congress to pass an economic bill of rights for the disadvantaged to address ghetto problems alongside civil rights gains.
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Oceana
Robert F. Kennedy
West Virginia
Kennedy
New York Democrat
Princeton
Welch
Pineville
Superior
Logan
John Kennedy
Washington
API
America
Congress
Martin Luther King Jr
John F. Dearden
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Arthur S. Flemming
National Council of Churches
Iakovos
Standing Conference of Orthodox Bishops
Jacob P.N. Rudin
Synagogue Council of America
National Riots Commission
Dr. King
U. S. News Riot Measures Are Softened
Washington officials described a new humanitarian plan to control urban riots with minimal violence. The policy prioritizes life over property and allows some looting to prevent killings while using large police and National Guard deployments and tear gas. Key figures include Attorney General Ramsey Clark and Cyrus R. Vance.
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Washington
U.S
National Guard
Ramsey Clark
Cyrus R. Vance
Defense
New York
Vance
Johnson
Detroit
Newark
Cyprus
South Korea
Accident Kills Two In State in Interstate 81 Crash
Two Pennsylvania men, Roger Frank Ensminger 25 and Terrance Lee Mellett 19 of Mercersburg, were killed in a one car crash on Interstate 81 four miles north of Martinsburg West Virginia. The car went out of control on a curve, plunged over an embankment, hit a culvert, and debris was strewn over a large area. Police could not determine the driver’s identity.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
UPI
Pennsylvania
Here
Roger Frank Ensminger
Terrance Lee Mellett
Mercersburg
Welfare Conference Opens in West Virginia
The 44th annual forum of the West Virginia Welfare Conference begins Thursday with topics on welfare program changes and social changes. About 600 welfare and social workers from around West Virginia are expected to attend the three day meeting.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Quake Shakes Puerto Rico Felt Across Island
A light quake struck Puerto Rico Friday night with no damage or injuries. The Cayey observatory said the tremor registered 3.5 to 4.0 on the Richter scale and was centered about 40 miles northwest of San Juan. Observers reported objects jarred but no longer effects.
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San Juan
P.R
UPI
Puerto Rico
Cayey
Caribbean
Pp Observatory
Smith Rejects Talk Bid Amid Easter Governors Meeting
Gov. Hulett Smith said he declined an invitation to an Easter Sunday gathering of Democratic governors in St. Louis to discuss politics. He noted Iowa's Gov. Harold Hughes invited him as chair of the National Democratic Governors Conference. Smith and his wife returned to Charleston from a 13 day Orient trade mission and will spend Easter with family. About 15 governors planned to attend after President Johnson’s reelection decision.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Hulett Smith
Smith
St. Louis
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Orient
Johnson
Prisoner Walks Away From Moundsville Mine
Authorities search for Robert White, 32, who walked away from a work detail at the Moundsville Penitentiary coal mine on Saturday. White is serving 1 to 10 years for grand larceny from Raleigh County.
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Moundsville, W. Va
UPI
Robert White
Moundsville Penitentiary
White
Raleigh County
Ivy League Expands Negro Student Admissions in 1968
New York report shows Ivy League colleges and Big Seven women’s schools increasing Negro student enrollments for next fall. Princeton admits 76 Negroes in a class of 810, up from 23, with applicants rising from 83 to 142. Brown, Yale, and others note substantial gains and greater cooperation from Afro-American student groups in admissions.
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New York
Ivy League
Football Association
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton
Yale
Big Seven
Seven Sisters
Barnard
Bryn Mawr
Mount Holyoke
Radcliffe
Smith
Vassar
Wellesley
Charles H. Doebler
Brown University
Providence
R. I
John T. Osander
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