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Barry Goldwater demands debate at Fenway Park

Tells thousands that President Johnson must confront him

By Bryant Rollins

 |  Globe Staff  

  September 25, 1964

The Republican presidential candidate brought a fiery attack of President Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and demanded a public debate in front of a crowd of about 25,000.

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