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...Under attack for having accepted an $18,000 private expense fund raised by California supporters, Nixon, the G.O.P. vice-presidential candidate, went on TV to explain and ask for a public verdict. One contribution he would never give up, Nixon said, was his daughters' dog Checkers???hence the name given the speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mysteries of Chappaquiddick | 8/1/1969 | See Source »

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