Word: gop
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Republican leaders, including Scott, have sent several messages--described by some sources as ultimatums--to the president in recent weeks. So even if they won't admit it publicly, it is apparent that the GOP wants the Watergate ordeal cleared up at any cost--well before campaigns for 1974 start--even if members are forced to pressure the resignation of their standard-bearer...
Lemmer said that VVAW trained fire-teams to simultaneously bomb 150 Miami area police stations in order to divert police attention from the GOP convention in Miami Beach. Other "diversion tactics" included shooting down power lines around the city...
...known as the Gainesville Eight, are charged with conspiring to stage raids on the Miami GOP convention and nearby police stations with sling shots, automatic weapons and fire bombs...
Otto Wahlrab, chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee, talked to the delegates in Harvard Hall about what he called a need for increased fund-raising efforts for the GOP. Wahlrab said that candidates are forced to turn to outside interests for funds that the party does not provide...
...Wagner's turn to throw pie in the face of Rockefeller. After calling the GOP county leaders "peanut politicians," Wagner turned down the idea of a primary fight with Marchi, a fight he would surely have lost. A few days later, Wagner also rejected the Liberal Party's offer, claiming that he did not possess the consuming desire for the mayoralty that he felt was necessary...