Word: nelson
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...cooperative's largesse was nonpartisan. In 1968 AMPI backed Democratic Nominee Hubert H. Humphrey with $91,691. When Nixon was elected, it made its first contribution to the new President. In what AMPI former General Manager Harold Nelson later candidly described as a "peace" offering, the cooperative in 1969 gave $100,000 to fund raisers for Nixon, ostensibly looking toward his 1972 re-election campaign. In its bid for more sympathy, AMPI pledged on Dec. 16, 1970, to contribute an additional $2 million for Nixon's 1972 re-election campaign. The cooperative delivered a first payment...
...been illegal. A week later, the Justice Department filed an antitrust suit in Federal District Court in Kansas City, Mo., charging the cooperative with unfair trade practices, including price fixing. Upset by the course of their political activities and the resulting publicity of both suits, the AMPI asked Nelson to resign as general manager...
...alliance between Richard Nixon and the nation's conservative ideologues has never been automatic or assured. His 1960 campaign, in which he compromised with New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller on matters like civil rights and medical care for the aged, caused many conservatives to worry that he was far too willing to sacrifice philosophical principles for the sake of votes. They backed him for the Republican nomination in 1968 largely because he seemed more likely to win than their preferred candidate, California Governor Ronald Reagan. Explains Texas Senator John Tower: "Having gone through the debacle of 1964 with Barry...
Forward Don Nelson thinks the change in philosophy will help: "I think we'll be better off because Heinsohn is playing the subs and resting the regulars, which he didn't do last year. I was playing only 10-12 minutes a game down the stretch and when I had to play 53 against the Knicks, I wasn't in top shape," Nelson said Tuesday...
...Daniel Ellsberg truly wishes to repent for his sins, and to convince us of his repentance, than let him donate his wordly goods to an appropriate charitable organization, shave his head, and take a nine-year vow of silence. Steve Nelson Harvard...