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...Nixon obviously does not want any kind of real break with Thurmond or with large areas of the South. Calling an impromptu press conference, he said that he preferred "cooperation rather than coercion" and thus had no plans to send "vigilante squads" into the South. Vice President Agnew said that there is "no shift to the left" under way in the Administration. The Internal Revenue Service quickly approved the tax-exemption applications of six Southern academies on their mere statements that their classes were open to all races. Strom started smiling again. He said soothingly that Nixon "understands the South...
...Spiro Agnew and the Mickey Mouse will soon face competition from wristwatches bearing caricatures of Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. Spurred on by the success of the Agnew watch, young Fred Saxe of Los Angeles has formed a company to turn out timepieces depicting Nixon in a red-and-white-striped coat and blue shoes, his minute-and hour-hand arms extended in the V sign. At about 11:05 the President strikes his memorable double-V victory pose. Saxe insists that his watches are "in no way meant to be derogatory." He does admit that "hidden political comment...
...year to make Yale's fundraisers quit. Along with an invasion by more than 500 undergraduate coeds, the school suffered its first student strike, a mass occupation by white activists and Black Panthers, and stern words by Spiro Agnew urging the replacement of Yale President Kingman Brewster Jr. One volunteer fund-raising officer resigned and threatened that he would urge his classmates to stop giving if Brewster did not resign too. Meantime, Yale's would-be contributors suffered as the stock market plunged...
...Louisians take the war like everyone else. Construction workers did attack students in the streets a few weeks ago, but on a much less massive level than in the Battle of New York. Even the Globe-Democrat, great voice of Nixon Republicanism and former employer of Agnew speechwriter Patrick Buchanan, was appalled. "Polities," their editorial began, "is a game for gentlemen" and, in the great scheme of the American consensus, beating up peaceful by-standers, however long-haired, is not gentlemanly conduct. The Globe is not racist, for racism is tinged with something dirty and vile here in the heart...
...Nixon blitz has stirred professional envy among the opposition. Said one high-ranking Democrat: "He's done the kind of job I wish my cats [former Democratic Presidents] had done. Nixon and Agnew have played cold-blooded politics, and they have been goddamned aggressive." If it turns out to be a winning game, Nixon will have overcome severe odds. Only once since 1934 has the President's party gained Senate seats in an off-year election. That was in 1962, when Democrats benefited from a spurt of national unity after the Cuban missile crisis and added four seats...