Word: closing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...afternoon ceremony that the annual banishment of banshees is now "tied inextricably into the walls of Quincy House," and that he will continue it. After the exorcism, however, Dunn reminded one student that evil spirits still exist in droves outside the perimeter of the House--even as close as Mill St., which borders Quincy on the South, where former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara addressed an impromptu rally two years...
Although the large and very liberal California Democratic Council (CDC) which backed McCarthy from the beginning suffered defeat in the close and then tragic June presidential primary, it is the major organized force on the Democratic side. The CDC is policy-oriented and very much into the new politics of mass media and coalitions with black and brown (Mexican-American) peoples...
Though the Kennedy-McCarthy organization which came close to defeating the party machine in New-castle County (greater Wilmington--sixty per cent of the state) has officially disbanded, most of its serious politicos have joined the newly founded Delaware Conference of Concerned Democrats. The new group has long-range hopes of taking over the conservative state organization now controlled by Gov. Charles Terry Jr. Led by activist housewife Mrs. Gilbert Sloan, the Concerned Democrats are backing liberal congressional candidate Harris MacDowell and trying to reform state election procedures. Party elections come...
McCarthy forces came very close to winning party control last spring. By the time McCarthy himself comes up for re-election in November, 1970, the party should be under the control of liberal militant forces allied with the senior senator. Because of McCarthy's distain for party politics, the new leadership--while with him in spirit--can hardly be considered a personal organization. While the campaign continues this fall, the New Democratic Coalition (the McCarthy forces) are organizing themselves again in each congressional district. With strong control already in Minneapolis-St. Paul (about one third of the state), they...
McCarthyites came close to taking the state convention delegation this probably as a significant minority. They control about one third of the party now according to McCarthy leader Tom Towe, a Billings lawyer. Though nothing definite has been decided, McCarthyites and some Kennedy supporters are talking of building a Montana Democratic Council along the lines of California. Party elections are in October, 1969--the liberal bid for power will probably come at the time. The old guard will put up a strong resistance...