Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...busted play for me because of it." Last week he had to give up his chartered plane and his hopes of coming from behind with a TV blitz, but he did not surrender his candor. For the first time he acknowledged that the ubiquitous noncandidate, Hubert Humphrey, "has a real chance...
...work law when he was Georgia's Governor was somehow responsible for unemployment in Philadelphia. Big labor and most of the state's party sachems were pushing for Jackson in hopes of stalling Carter and making the Pennsylvania outcome so indecisive that the real winner would be Humphrey. Locals of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, the International Union of Operating Engineers and other unions were sending out mailings for Jackson, canvassing by phone and planning to field thousands of people to get out the vote on election...
...palm card he hands out carries his own handsome picture but not Jackson's-the Senator's name appears only in fine print. At a V.F.W. post, an acquaintance tells Woods, "I'll vote for you because I know you, but I'm for Humphrey." Woods has a ready response: "The way to stop Carter is to vote for Jackson...
...handbills. At a Giant Eagle supermarket, a woman who seems uninterested in the presidential election tells Woods he looks like a tall Kirk Douglas. Benjamin Woods (6 ft. 3 in.) also looks like a winner in the 42nd, and if Jackson ultimately is a loser, Woods will be with Humphrey in July...
...offensive," says Hurtig. "We believe in primaries, not in brokered conventions. Why should Humphrey be allowed to take it without running? Why should people give their votes blind to Frank Rizzo...