1960 Democratic Convention

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Date
1960-07-12
Summary
(1) The “Stop Kennedy” movement (Sid Davis). (2) Support for civil rights plank in the party planform (Jerry Landay). (3) One last effort to secure the nomination for Adlai Stevenson (Landay). (4) New England delegations hear Kennedy speak (Landay). (5) Hollywood stars on-hand at conference (Jerry Whitter). (6) Delegates don’t listen to the keynote (Whitter). (7) Kennedy agrees to debate with Lyndon Johnson; Washington Sen. Henry Jackson comments on vice-presidential nominations; California minority of Stevenson supporters (Whitter). (8) New England delegations hear Kennedy speak but are unaware of the challenge from Johnson; comments from Sen. John McCormack (Landay). (9) Illinois delegation for WIND (Vincent Sheean). (10) “Vincent Sheean’s Convention Notebook.” (11) Interview with Eleanor Roosevelt (Mike Wallace).
Publisher
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company. Group W
Genre
Special events radio coverage
Collection
Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes
Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Physical Description
sound tape reel
Notes
A guide to the full collection of Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes is available in our archival collections: https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/43884
Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: bcast-077233; Other: 0492-MMC

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