Word: gov
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...dove and one a super hawk, when Rockefeller can talk about winning (and the New York Times can try so hard to believe him) at a convention whose delegates go wild for Barry Goldwater and give a louder ovation to Max Rafferty than to Mayor Lindsay, when Gov. Spiro T. Agnew of Maryland can switch his allegiance from Rockefeller because of a personal slight and end up making the nominating speech for Nixon it makes me wonder about the efficacy of the two party system and especially of the nominating process...
MIAMI BEACH, Aug. 8--The Republican National Convention which last night nominated Richard M. Nixon because he was the man who could unify the party, almost split wide open tonight in a floor fight against Nixon's choice for Vice-President, Gov. Spiro T. Agnew of Maryland...
...name of Gov. George Romney of Michigan was placed into nomination by the chairman of the Nevada delegation, amid great cheering from an audience which was noticeably unenthusiastic about Agnew. There was also a move underway to nominate Mayor John V. Lindsay of New York, but the Mayor himself reportedly squelched it. Lindsay, in fact, delivered a seconding speech for Agnew...
...party's presidential candidate. The small number of votes Romney received was not indicative of the Convention's apparent dissatisfaction with Agnew: the 92-vote New York delegation, for example, voted 84-8 for Agnew because the delegation leaders had been told shortly before in a telephone conversation with Gov. Nelson Rockefeller that Rockefeller felt they should stick with Nixon's choice. Among the eight who decided to vote for Romney anyway was Sen. Jacob K. Javitz. The Massachusetts delegation voted 26 for Agnew, 8 for Romney...
After the balloting. Gov. Romney stood up at his delegation's microphone and asked the Convention to approve Agnew by unanimous acclamation, which...