Word: conventioners
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Both the Republicans and the Democrats are wooing Southern voters: the GOP Convention is being held in New Orleans, while the Democrats are meeting this week in Atlanta. Bush, a nominal Texan, is stressing his Southern roots, while Dukakis has picked a Southerner, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, as his...
On Wednesday evening, delegates at the Democratic National Convention here will make Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis the party's nominee.
White supremacists held a rally near the Omni Convention Center which provoked an anti-Klan demonstration that led to a clash with city police. Meanwhile, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan addressed a crowd at a local Baptist church.
An "anti-capitalist coalition" gathered downtown, but it is doubtful many delegates attended--half of all delegates at the convention make $50,000 a year or more, the Atlanta Constitution reported.
Atlanta business people predict convention goers will purchase 30,000 T-shirts during the week, as well as 1000 keychains and 200 ashtrays.