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...excitement of the Republican Convention had nothing to do with this year's presidential campaign. It was an opening skirmish for the 1976 contest. Liberals clashed with conservatives in a classic Republican encounter; and as usual, the outnumbered, outmaneuvered liberals lost. The big winner appears to be Spiro Agnew, who has clearly begun...
...Agnew: "It is our mission to create a climate of dignity and security and peace and honor...
...height of the sporadic chaos, caused mostly by a few small "mobile affinity groups" of trashers, who in some cases came equipped with their own tear gas, occurred during Nixon's and Agnew's acceptance speeches, and therefore received almost no television coverage. But simultaneous logs of the police radio channel and the convention proceedings capture the yin and yang of the final evening...
...Senator Robert Griffin introduces Agnew: "The magic hour is at hand...
...Vice President Agnew: "Mr. Chairman, members of the committee and my fellow Americans...