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He had a whole country songbook re hardship, material for more than 30 number-one hits. cancer surgery took part of one lung in 2008, but he continued touring and recording. his most recent was last year with willie nelson. >> ♪ might not have been a merle or a willie ♪ >> reporter: haggard lived with his wife teresa on 200 acres near reading, california, where he built a railroad bridge, a reminder he grew up beside the tracks. ♪ john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >> pelley: there ...

>> reporter: flames that scorched more than just the landscape. firefighters are assessing exactly how many structures have been lost. and, scott, high winds and hot and dry weather remain in the forecast tomorrow. >> pelley: what a scene. manuel bojorquez in oklahoma tonight. manuel, thank you. well, oklahoma and much of the rest of the country is mourning tonight for a favorite son. merle haggard died today, his 79th birthday. the cause was pneumonia. john blackstone now on the country outlaw ...

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Ned brooks. >> this week the eyes of the nation will be fastened on wisconsins presidential primary. two democratic senators hubert humphrey and john kennedy of massachusetts are competing in the first and perhaps the most important contested primary of 1960. >> interestingly kennedy and humphrey watched the election returns together in the milwaukee journal newsroom. >> how has the vote been thus far shaped up according to your expectations? >> well, i was hopeful we could take sixdistricts. i ...

>> this week the eyes of the nation wi be fastened on wisconsins presidential primary. two democratic senators hurt humphrey and john kennedy of massachusetts are competing in the first and perhaps the most important contested primary of 1960. >>interestingly kennedy and humphr watched the election returns together in the milwaukee journal newsroom. >> how has the vote been thus far shaped up accoing to your expectations? >> well, i was hopeful we could take six districts. i think we have a good...

But the real race was on the democratic side. that evening looked like, durud squeaked past. >> tonight i finished first and i like first a lot better. >> but as more vote came in overnight, carter took the lead and the networks reversed their calls giving carter his very own dewey defeats truman moment. he told reporters, you know all those times i said win last night? well, strike that and insert the word lose. he always had a sense of hue nor no matter the result. what will the badger state h...

But the real race was on the democratic side. that evening looked like, durud squeaked past. >> tonight i finished first and i like first a lot better. >> but as more vote came in overnight, carter took the lead and the networks reversed their calls giving carter his very own dewey defeats truman moment. he told reporters, you know all those times i said win las night? well, strike tt and insert the word lose. he always had a sense ofue nor no matter the result. what will the badger state hold i...

Photo op two days prior, green bay packers quarterback, bart starr. but the real race was on the democratic side. that evening looked like, udall squeaked past. >> tonight i finished first and i like first a lot better. >> but as more vote came in overnight, carter took the lead and the networks reversed their calls giving carter his very own dewey defeats truman moment. he told reporters, you know all those times i said win last night? well, strike that and insert the word lose. he always had a...

They were very big those days. >> we had no idea who the people were, the mysterious mr. king was. wrote the songs, chains the beatles did, im into something good. we did discover this remarkable woman, carole king. >> carole king made the transition from being behind the scenes woman to a star in her own right. ♪ i feel the earth move under my feet and i feel the sky tumbling down ♪ ♪ i feel my heart start to tremble ♪ ♪ whenever youre around >> carole king is the embodiment of what h...

Milwaukee journal newsroom. >> how has the vote been thus far shaped up according to your expectations? >> well, i was hopeful we could take six districts. i think we have a good chance to do that. which will give us majority of the popular vote -- >> look at that. talking about district delegates. kennedy would win that night on his path to the nomination and eventually the presidency. lets go to 1976 with contested primaries in both parties. ford beat reagan handily in wisconsin no thanks to t...