July 14, 1964 - Backers of Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona for nomination as the Republican candidate in the Nov. 3 Presidential election scored a thumping victory tonight when delegates rejected amendments to the party platform which would have denounced extremist groups.
Amid waves of cheers and boos, the pro-Goldwater element of the party rejected by a standing vote an amendment supported by Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York, which would have written into the platform a declaration against what its sponsors described as extremism.
Rockefeller is supporting Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania, who is fighting what is apparently a losing battle to gain the nomination.
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