Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chilling postscript to the affair, it turned out that the would-be assassin, Arthur Bremer, was stalking not only Governor George Wallace. Authorities learned soon after the shooting that in early April Bremer had registered at New York's Waldorf-Astoria at the same time Hubert Humphrey was supposed to have been there. Humphrey, as it happened, had canceled his trip. Last week a picture was released of Bremer in Ottawa later in April in a crowd outside Parliament, while inside, President Nixon was appearing with Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Bremer had stayed in the city...
...California. As the Democratic presidential contenders near the end of their punishing primary ordeal, the stakes in next week's voting for California's 271 delegates are huge. The winner in the head-to-head showdown between Hubert Humphrey and George McGovern will be a heavy favorite to grab the nomination in Miami Beach. As the duel between the two longtime friends from neighboring Midwestern states turns personal, the man with all the momentum is McGovern...
McGovern goes into California fresh from an impressive victory in Oregon, where he took 50% of the vote. Humphrey, who wisely stayed out of the state, finished a poor third with 13%, behind George Wallace's 20%. Neither Humphrey nor McGovern paid much attention to Rhode Island, where a meager 48,088 out of some 500,000 eligible voters turned out. McGovern won it with 41%, despite the state Democratic leaders' longstanding commitment to Ed Muskie. Humphrey again finished third, this time behind Muskie. Humphrey had wound up a dismal third in his favorite kind of state, Michigan...
...Vietnam. Humphrey said, "I don't mind admitting that I'm wrong, but I don't want to be a hypocrite, and I'm not. I did support President Johnson because I thought he wanted peace...
...Humphrey suggested that President Nixon invite both North Vietnam and South Vietnam to a conference with the members of the United Nations Security Council to resolve the war and achieve the return of American prisoners