Word: district
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sweeter, of course, had it been against his prime opponent, Hubert Humphrey, but Humphrey's name will be on no presidential primary ballots this year. On the same day that Kennedy carried Indiana, however, a Kennedy slate of delegates defeated pro-Humphrey candidates with surprising ease in the District of Columbia primary-a contest that Humphrey, with better organizational work, might have won. Kennedy will get all of the District's 23 votes...
...implicit in her impertinence: that she may cohabit anywhere with a male not her spouse? Surely Barnard is not alone in expressing its disapproval. Has not society condemned it also? Or has it? If Barnard will not consent to Linda's plans, perhaps she can stop by the district attorney's office and get his endorsement...
...young toughs from neighboring turf methodically proposition every girl who passes by, while older strangers hunt homosexual action. The night air smells of decay and anger. For all its ugly familiarity, however, this is not just another ghetto. This is the scene in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, once the citadel of hippiedom and symbol of flower-power love...
Senator Robert F. Kennedy appeared to have won a second victory last night. A slate of delegates committed to him led with 60 per cent of the vote in the District of Columbia with partial returns from 128 precincts. Two other slates, both supporting Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey, split the remaining 40 per cent...
Neither Kennedy nor Humphrey actively campaigned in the District, but the election did give some indication of the kind of support the New York Senator has in urban, heavily-Negro areas. At stake were 23 votes at the Democratic National Convention...