American people in the 1966 elections choose governors, senators, and congressman. Governor George W. Romney wins the elections in Michigan. He smiles after his victory. Charles Percy wins in Illinois. Edward Brooke wins elections in Massachusetts as the first African American Senator ever in the U.S. history. Governor Nelson Rockefeller wins for his third term as the governor of New York. Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan after winning elections in California addresses an assembly. Mrs. Lurleen Wallace after winning the elections of Alabama waves towards people along with her husband, former Governor Wallace. Oath taking of new senators and governors at an official ceremony as President Lyndon Johnson watches.
A map of United States. Tourists couple on shore of Lake Itasca. View of Mississippi Headwaters Monument post that gives information about the Mississippi River starting at that location, originating 1475 feet above the sea level from the glacial Lake Itasca. The couple crosses a water channel through stepping stones.
Operations of the Hurricane Hunters in the United States. Extremely high altitude view looking down on a hurricane On the ground, trees blown up by winds and a town submerged in water. Meterologists and technicians working in the National Hurricane Advisory Center in Miami, Florida. Flight Operations building at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Air Force personnel reading weather messages. View from below of U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command (MAC) Weather Service WC-130E/H aircraft taking off. A notice about the hurricane being printed out. The WC-130E/H aircraft in flight during a regular mission for checking wind speed and direction. A pilot and a co-pilot at the controls of the aircraft, which is encountering considerable turbulence. A dropsonde being ejected out from the aircraft. A man working on an instrument. A MAC Weather Service WC-130E/H aircraft taking off.
Women being trained for home care under the Forest Heights housing project of the Department of Housing and Urban development, in Mississippi, United States. A trainer distributes pamphlets related to house keeping to women. The trainer elaborates the women about things related to the kitchen. She now elaborates how to keep the stove clean. A woman cleans the stove in the kitchen. An African American child takes an apple out of the refrigerator. A lady wipes the carpet. A lady opens the shelf which contains first aid medicine. Some ladies in the general store. An African American man and a woman sit in a room. The man feeds milk to a child with milk bottle. Some men being trained to diagnose maintenance problems in home. A man demonstrates the maintenance related to flush in the bathroom. Two men replace the door of a house. Three women enter the House of Ideas. National Council of African American Women assists the women to beautify their homes at low cost. Women being trained to make curtains, growing and making flowers. Women learn to decorate the home using decorator art.
U.S. President Nixon addresses the Mississippi Economic Council silver anniversary meeting in Jackson, Mississippi. He focuses on younger generation of United States and urges them to live for the cause of the nation. He recalls glorious past of the nation. He expresses his vision for America as world leader in future. President Nixon finishes his speech and the people in the auditorium applaud. The President and Pat Nixon stand on the platform and wave towards the crowd. Nixon then moves in the spectators stand and shakes hands with people. Officials attending included Governor William Waller, Senator Jim Eastland, Senator John Stennis, and Mississippi congressmen.
Dixiecrat democrats of the States' Rights Democratic Party at convention in Birmingham Alabama (after rejecting civil rights for African Americans in platform of the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Pennsylvania). People in favor of continued racial segregation enter the building of 'State Rights Democrat' along with flag of United States to revolt against the civil rights plank of the Truman-Barkley ticket. William Henry Davis "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, a vocal proponent of racial segregation, is seen and flags behind him include a confederate flag. Dixie Democrats (The States' Rights Democratic Party) hold their own convention. Banners of states of Alabama and Mississippi in convention hall, with representatives who abandoned the democratic convention at Philadelphia. Fielding Lewis Wright, Democratic politician, and Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, stands among Democrats. Governor James Strom Thurmond of South Carolina speaks and denounces racial integration efforts by the federal government and says that the country is on the path of being a totalitarian state. Strom Thurmond gets the State's Rights Party nomination for President of the United States.
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