Wallace Campaign Portrait Focuses on Sick and Tired Theme
The profile portrays George Wallace as shaping the 1968 race around the Sick and Tired message. It notes his appeal to a 14 million voter base, his campaign theatrics, security details, and relentless travel across the country, painting a vivid, mission-driven, if turbulent, campaign road show.
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Washington
UPI
Law and Order
George Wallace
Imphrey
Mr. Nixon
The
New York Times
Fidel Castro
Robin Hood
Sam Smith
Alabama
Call for Rethinking Nuclear Superiority in U S Policy
William C. Foster of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency urged reexamining the push for U S nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union. He argued strategic stability, not dominance, has prevented war and advocated reducing force levels to lower potential devastation. He warned that new mobile land-based missiles could destabilize parity and urged in-step de escalation through strategic arms talks with the Soviets.
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Washington
William C. Foster
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Clark M. Clifford
U.S
Soviet Union
Foster
Clifford
Business Council
Hot Springs
Arms Control Agency
Czechoslovakia
Dean Rusk
Killer Hurricane Gladys Rips Florida Coast
Hurricane Gladys drives 100 mph winds across Florida causing three deaths and forcing thousands from homes. Damage expected in millions with coastal surge and flooded roads. Officials report casualties in Pasco, Sarasota, and New Port Richey while citrus crops suffer minor losses.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Gulf
Atlantic
Carolinas
Gladys
Sunshine
Jacksonville Beach
Air Force
Daytona Beach
Charleston
US. 1
Anyime
B Weather Bureau
Ocala
Pinellas County
St. Petersburg
Don Genung
Sunset Beach
Genung
Cuba
Pasco County
Sarasota
Glenn Norris
Leslie Harold 71
New Port Richey
Clarence Lightsey
Kennedy Center to Honor Eisenhower in Formal Ceremony
Roger L. Stevens announced Gen. and Mrs. Eisenhower will receive the center’s honor as the Kennedy Center plans name changes for the Presidential box and theater. The project faces a June 1970 completion target with a $61.5 million cost and a raised $50 million plus a $15 million fundraising drive.
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Roger L. Stevens
Eisenhower
Stevens
Johnson
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Senhowers
Washington
John F. Kenney Center
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Potomac
Lincoln Memorial
Edward Durell Stone
Congress
Humphrey Frames Racial Harmony as Key Election Issue
Hubert H Humphrey casts the race question as central to the 1968 race. He argues only his victory can ensure national unity through equal enforcement of housing and anti riot laws, appealing to black and white voters amid factory crowds and clerical audiences. He warns a choice between trust and hate, warning his rivals’ programs lack true remedy.
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Max Frankel
New Ser
New York
Hubert H Humphrey
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
George
C. Wallace
Missouri
Connecticut
Wallace
Avco Lycoming
Stratford
Conn
Detroit
Wallace resumes bid with Wallace LeMay talks in Washington
George C Wallace resumes his presidential bid with Vietnam talks alongside running mate Gen Curtis E LeMay in Washington. LeMay returns from Vietnam and will meet Wallace at the Shoreham Hotel as they begin a busy campaign stretch through 14 states.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Washington
Vietnam
Curtis E. LeMay
Wallace
Alabama
Shoreham Hotel
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Hatteras
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Homosassa Springs
Tampa
Richard Nixon
Chicago
Kennedy Center
Ike
San
U. S. News
Viet
Monongahela Boulevard
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Wellington
State Police Headquarters
Star Bridge
Pie-Way
Piek Way
Pic-Way
Twofers
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