Republican Given Slight Edge In Florida's Hot Senate Race
In Florida the U S Senate race draws intense attention with GOP Rep. Edward Gurney holding a slight edge over former Gov. LeRoy Collins. The campaign centers on Vietnam and links to past political allies as Gurney tours the peninsula to tie Collins to John.
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Florida
Senate
Miami, Fla
U.S. Senate
South
GOP
Edward Gurney
LeRoy Collins
Vietnam
Gurney
Florida Peninsula
Collins
John
son-Humphrey
Claude Kirk
Johnson
Washington
LBJ
National Association of Broadcasters
Kirk
Winter Park
State Turnpike Authority
George A. Smathers
Lee Roy
New England
John F. Kennedy
George C. Wallace
Florida-Georgia- Alabama
Haiphong
Dan McCarty
Lawn Tractor Snobbery Sparks Suburban Nostalgia
A column recalls the bragging power of new chrome cars and hints at a shift to lawn tractors as suburban status symbols. The piece notes 14 horsepower models with attached mowers as the latest iteration of neighborhood display and pride.
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John Cunniff
NEW York (Ap
International Harvester
Deere & Co
America
Suburban Life and Lawn Tractor Boom in 1960s America
Knox County notes include visits among the Sargents Wiggentons and Copenhavers in Virginia Ohio and Winchester. The article shifts to a discussion of lawn tractors and growing demand with industry voices from International Harvester and Deere and Co. amid a broader political profile of Florida candidates Collins and Gurney and the 1968 Senate race context.
Four Scenes of Girl Making Pie Shown With Mother
An AP Wirephoto shows a girl at work on a whole pie in four scenes. Her mother later takes her home for a bath and a change of clothing.
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Mary Lantz
Kay
Maggie Sargent
Norman Cooper
Winchester
Copenhaver
Nannie Wiggenton
C.E. Copenhaver
Clifton Milhorn
Washington
Patsy Milhorn
Daisy Sager
Fox Drive
Bonnie Arnold
Mt. Pleasant
Freda Mae Arnold
Vernor Witherne
Two Migrant Workers Die in Virginia Fire
Two migrant workers died in a labor camp house fire near Atlantic on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Monroe Kirkland, 56, of Pompano Beach Florida, and Robert Houston, 42, of Savannah Georgia, were trapped when the blaze engulfed the dwelling Wednesday night.
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New Church
Atlantic
Virginia
Monroe Kirkland
Pompano Beach
Fla
Robert Houston
Savannah
Adair Mathews
Sherman Aimed for Atlanta Driving March to the Sea
General William T. Sherman targeted Atlanta as a key objective in his march to the sea because the city served as a depot for Confederate military supplies and logistics.
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William T. Sherman
Atlanta
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