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Campaign in Wood County
John F. Kennedy visited Parkersburg on October 9, 1958. During the campaign, he came on April 11, May 1, and May 9. Hubert Humphrey was in Parkersburg on May 2. During the fall campaign, Richard Nixon was there on October 25. Ted Kennedy visited Parkersburg on April 19 and he and sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver came with their brother on May 1. Orville Freeman, governor of Minnesota, came on behalf of the Humphrey campaign on April 30. |
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Newspapers Article, Parkersburg Sentinel, October 8, 1958 Article, Parkersburg Sentinel, October 9, 1958 Article, Parkersburg Sentinel, October 10, 1958 (contains text of Kennedy speech) Article, Parkersburg News, April 11, 1960 Article, Parkersburg Sentinel, April 11, 1960 Article, Charleston Gazette, April 12, 1960 Article, Fairmont Times West Virginian, April 21, 1960 Article, Ravenswood News, April 21, 1960 Article, Ravenswood News, April 28, 1960 Article, Parkersburg Sentinel, April 30, 1960 Article, Parkersburg News, May 1, 1960 Article, Parkersburg News, May 2, 1960 Article, Wheeling Intelligencer, May 2, 1960 Article, Charleston Daily Mail, May 3, 1960 Article, Charleston Gazette, May 3, 1960 Article, Parkersburg News, May 3, 1960 Article, Parkersburg Sentinel, May 3, 1960 Article, Parkersburg News, May 9, 1960 Article, Parkersburg Sentinel, May 9, 1960 Article, Charleston Gazette, May 10, 1960 Article, Charleston Gazette, May 12, 1960 Article, Parkersburg News, October 24, 1960 Article, Parkersburg News, October 25, 1960 Article, Parkersburg Sentinel, October 25, 1960 Article, Parkersburg News, October 26, 1960
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