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For weeks, the attention of the nation has been focused on the voters of West Virginia and upon the efforts of these two men to enlist their support in the president ial preference balloting next tuesday. In that voting, only registered democrats can cast their ballots for these president ial candidates and the outcome of the voting is not binding on the democratic delegates to the july convention in los angeles. Still, it is generally agreed that the results of next weeks election in West Virginia will be important to the president ial ambitions of the winner and of the loser. With a desire t...

The following political debate is being presented by the charleston gazette and participating stations as a public service. Here is the moderator for the debate, news director bill aims. Mr. Ames good evening. The West Virginia primary Election Campaign has been characterized by the unique and unusual. A facetoface debate tonight senator Hubert Humphrey minnesota and senator John F Kennedy of massachusetts. For weeks, the attention of the nation has been focused on the thers of West Virginia and efforts to enlist their support in the president ial preference balloting next tuesday. In that vot...

Election campaign has already been characterized by the unique and unusual, and that tradition is being followed in spectacular and unusual fashion tonight with a face to face debate between senator hubert h. Humphrey of minnesota and senator john f. Kennedy of massachusetts. Weeks, the attention of the four weeks for weeks, the attention of the nation has been focused on the voters of West Virginia and upon the efforts of these two men to enlist their support in the president ial preference balloting next tuesday. In that voting, only registered democrats can cast their ballots for these pres...

Overton, president of the joint center for political and economic studies. The donor class through people who are in office and who are running for office are those same people over and over very often, in the state legislatures and the local things and the families and so on, they are the ones who are corrupt. Right. And theyre the ones who are corrupting democracy. And the other people are not getting the benefits of it because theyre not acting collectively to counteract it and havent found a way to counteract it, in all of these years. On sunday, in depth, live with guest steve forbes, aut...

Hubert humphrey of minnesota. This was only the second televised president ial primary debate in history. It took place at the wchs tv studios in charleston. Five weeks before the primary polls show senator kennedy trailing by 20 points. With West Virginia voters expressing concerns about his Roman Catholic religion. But senator kennedy was able to make the race about religious tolerance and the separation of church and state, and he won with 60 of the votes on his way to securing the nomination. He went on to defeat Vice President Richard Nixon in the general election. Our coverage of this ho...