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 hourlong debate is courtesy of the john f. Kennedy president ial library and museum and West Virginia state archives. The following political debate between senator john f. Kennedy and senator hubert h. Had you ever f humphrey is being presented by wchs tv, the charleston gazette, and the participating stations as a public service. Here is the moderator for the debate, news director bill ames. Good
Of little rock arkansass allwhite high school. Find a complete schedule on www. Cspan. Org. Let us know what you think. Colonists, email us, or send us a tweet. Joined the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook. Follow us on twitter. All weekend, American History tv is featuring wheeling, West Virginia. It was the first state capital of West Virginia after the suit after it seceded from virginia and 1863. Hosted by our comcast partners, we recently visited many sites showcasing the citys history. Learn more about wheeling all weekend here on American History tv. We are at the ogilvie in the state Oglebay Institute museum. Oglebay park is one of the largest city parks in the united states. People are surprised. They think it may be a state park, but it is a city park. This museum was the former summer it estate of earl w. Oglebay. When you think of Great American industrialists, you may not have heard about him. You think about rockefeller and carnegie. But he knew those people and wor
240,000 per month during the first half of last year to 2880,000 per month during the second half and employment rose 260,000 in january. In addition, longterm unemployment has declined substantially. Fewer workers are reporting that they can find only parttime work when they would prefer fulltime employment and the pace of quits, often regarded as a barbarometer has recovered to its prerecession level. The Labor Force Participation rate is lower than most estimates of its trend and wage growth remains sluggish, suggesting that some weakness persists. In short, considerable progress has been achieved in the recovery of the labor market but room for further improvement remains. At the same time that the labor market situation has improved, domestic spending and production have been increasing at a solid rate. Real Gross Domestic Product estimated to have increased at 3. 75 at the annual rate. G. D. P. Growth is not anticipated to be sustained at that pace, it is expected to be Strong En
All right. Well, hello and welcome, everybody. Thats good seeing you here today at the American Civil War museum in appomattox for todays program, i im pleased to introduce our guest, author dr. Ken rutherford. Ken rutherford, ph. D. , is professor in the department of Political Science at James Madison university. He cofounded the Landmine Survivors Network and escorted Princess Diana on her last humanitarian mission to visit landmines. Survivors in bosnia and herzegovina. Brother rutherford was prominent also as a leader in the International Campaign to ban landmines, which won the 1997 nobel peace prize. He has served as director of the center for Internet National stabilization and recovery at gmu. Hes been a peace corps volunteer in mauritania, unhcr emergency refugee coordinator and somalia humanitarian and emergency relief officer in northern kenya and somalia. And as a fulbright scholar in jordan, he holds a ph. D. In government from georgetown university, a b. A. And mba from
All right. Well, hello and welcome, everybody. Thats good seeing you here today at the American Civil War museum in appomattox for todays program, i im pleased to introduce our guest, author dr. Ken rutherford. Ken rutherford, ph. D. , is professor in the department of Political Science at James Madison university. He cofounded the Landmine Survivors Network and escorted Princess Diana on her last humanitarian mission to visit landmines. Survivors in bosnia and herzegovina. Brother rutherford was prominent also as a leader in the International Campaign to ban landmines, which won the 1997 nobel peace prize. He has served as director of the center for Internet National stabilization and recovery at gmu. Hes been a peace corps volunteer in mauritania, unhcr emergency refugee coordinator and somalia humanitarian and emergency relief officer in northern kenya and somalia. And as a fulbright scholar in jordan, he holds a ph. D. In government from georgetown university, a b. A. And mba from