Nixon fights to curb religious issue ahead of campaign
Vice President Nixon urges a cutoff date for discussing religion in the campaign. Kennedy faces a broad anti Catholic effort linked to groups led by Norman Vincent Peale figures. The controversy centers on church influence themes and political maneuvering around the 1960 race.
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Richard M. Nixon
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John F. Kennedy
Texas
Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
Alfred E. Smith
Pilgrim Tract Society
Catholic Church
United States
National Citizens Conference For Religious Liberty
Norman Vincent Peale
Peale
Washington
L. Nelson Bell
Donald Gill
Gill
George M. Docherty
New York Ave. Presbyterian Church
National Citizens Conference
Herbert Klein
Nixon
Jess Moody
Moody
Thomas Jefferson
James Reston
New York Times
Thruston Morton
Morton
William Stover
Stover
Sen. Morton
James Hoffa
Brooklyn “‘Tablet
Kennedy Campaign in Texas Faces Religion Factor
Marquis Childs assesses how Kennedy’s Catholic faith shapes his Texas push and the broader southern and midwestern states. He notes polls may misread public sentiment as clergy and voters weigh war peace economy and national security against religious bias in a landmark 1960s political landscape. Kennedy states his stance lines up with constitutional no religious test.
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Kennedy
Texas
South
Midwest
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy religion issue frames 1960 campaign analysis
The article examines how Kennedy's stance on separation of church and state shapes his 1960 bid. It notes reactions in West Virginia and Washington state, cites Bishop Pike and Peale, and discusses Vatican authority versus American interpretation, plus Kennedy’s frustration over religion questions as a political obstacle.
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West Virginia
James Pike
California
Michigan State Fair
Kennedy
White House
Pike
Norman Vincent Peale
National Conference of Citizens For Religious Freedom
Los Angeles
America
Pacific Northwest
Wahlington
Albert D. Rosellini
Iowa
Notice of Dissolution for General Petroleum Products Co
Notice is given to all interested that General Petroleum Products Company filed with the Pennsylvania Department of State in Harrisburg on September 12, 1960 a certificate of election by its shareholders to dissolve. The board of directors is winding up affairs so the corporate existence ends with a certificate of dissolution under the Business Corporation Law.
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General Petroleum Products Company
Terrace Street
Warren
Pennsylvania
Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Department of State of
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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