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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1968
Page
3
A dispatch from Miami Beach reports that Richard M. Nixon’s 1968 GOP nomination was driven by hard work. A UPI note recounts Nixon and aides signaling success with a walkie-talkie message just before midnight at the Republican National Convention, indicating they were over the top.
UPI reports former President Dwight D. Eisenhower shows constant improvement and can read in bed as doctors at Walter Reed note stable vital signs. At 77, the six heart attack veteran remains in a guarded recovery with morale described as excellent and oxygen no longer continuous.
Georgia Democrats face splits over seating 41 delegates at the upcoming national convention. McCarthy supporters urge restraint on loyalty charges while a Humphrey faction seeks to challenge the regular Maddox delegation amid a biracial, urban coalition.
The House Committee on Government Operations found that supermarket chains in New York Washington and St Louis sold lower quality foods to low income customers in poorer areas and charged higher prices there. It urged federal agencies to act while noting industry lobbying and limited evidence.
CAPE KENNEDY Fla. A new ATS satellite carrying hurricane tracking gear failed to reach its planned 22,000 mile high orbit after the Centaur upper stage misfired. ATS 4 remained in an abnormal egg shaped path, awaiting a future radio command while scientists study the gravity tug on the X shaped deployable antenna.
Liberty City residents chatted with deputies and National Guardsmen as calm returned to the riot district. A dusk to dawn curfew and liquor sale ban remained in effect for the third night in central Negro districts and Coral Gables area. Three people were killed, over 200 arrested and scores injured in the citys first race riot linked to the Republican National Convention. The violence did not reach the convention area. Dade County Commission adopted a resolution praising Negro residents for their restraint and vowing to restore quiet.
Washington County Democrats held an unsanctioned presidential preference vote on Saturday in Calais Maine. The contest stemmed from Albion Goodwin of Pembroke a DNC delegate who urged his Chicago ballot reflect his constituency's wishes.
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