Word: elberon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...state of Iowa does have some cities with more than 190,000 people in them, but I can assure you that Elberon [Feb. 4] is not one of them. The population there should be hovering around 200, unless some of those Connally supporters forgot to leave...
...players in a paid campaign broadcast. John Connally dragged a busload of reporters on a tightly programmed 40-hour tour of the state that left them little time to interview anyone but Connally supporters. At one stop the troupe paid a 4:30 a.m. visit to a farm in Elberon (pop. 193,000) that just happened to be populated by 40 or 50 of the candidate's fans. Says Des Moines Register Reporter Elizabeth Ballantine: "The Connally people wanted to give the impression that he was just stopping by to see these people during their normal...