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San Francisco Cow Palace Girds for GOP Convention
San Francisco prepares for the 1964 Republican National Convention at the Cow Palace in July. The city hosts 30,000 delegates and large media contingents while Aquatic Park restorations and hotel expansions reshape the area. The piece notes the venue’s history, city demographics, and transportation links as preparations intensify.
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San Francisco
GOP
Republican Party
Harold V. Streeter
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Nixon
Lodge
Scranton
Cow Palace
Aquatic Park
St. Francis Hotel
GOP Arrangements Committee
Soviet Union
Pravda
Izvestia
Tass
Moscow Radio
Poland
Hungary
Radio and Television
London
Tokyo
India
Australia
Spain
Sweden
West Germany
Visitacion Valley
Willie Mays
Candlestick Park
Bay
National League Giants
United States
Farmont
Nob Hill
Conrad Hilton
Fisherman’s Wharf
Grant Avenue
Chinatown
Japan