Word: nelsons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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First, Ford has emphasized his plans to be an executive who is available to more than just his top aides. The process by which Nelson A. Rockefeller was tapped as the vice president-designate makes it apparent that Ford, in sharp contrast to Nixon, will consult Congressional leaders, and a wide variety of friends and even political opponents before making any big decisions. This naturally will diminish the degree to which Ford will rely upon Kissinger as a supreme advisor...
Originally, Ford had hoped to announce his choice for Vice President by the end of his first week in office, but he failed to make it. Amid endless speculation, almost everyone agreed that the leading contenders were former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Republican National Chairman Bush. Others believed to be on Ford's list included former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee, Governor Evans and former Attorney General Elliot Richardson. Former Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton, who was helping Ford with takeover problems, was also said to be a candidate, but Scranton described himself...
...that his candidacy has been put "on the back burner and maybe into the deep freeze." Similarly, other leading Republicans who remained untainted while the Watergate scandal was under way have ironically been victimized by the end of the affair. California Governor Ronald Reagan and New York's Nelson Rockefeller have little chance now for 1976. Indeed, it would take a near disaster to drive Ford out and open the door to others...
...many in Washington, the most likely candidate is former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott called him "my No. 1 choice," and Rockefeller also appears to have the public backing of one of Ford's closest political confidants, former Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, who told one reporter last week: "Ford and Rockefeller will form a winning combination for the Republican Party." There were some who suspected that Laird floated Rockefeller's name in order to have it quickly shot down to enhance Laird's own chances for the nomination. That suspicion...
...case against Connally, however, does not rest on Jacobsen's testimony alone. Other witnesses have been lined up. Last week Harold Nelson, former general manager of Associated Milk Producers, Inc., the nation's largest milk cooperative, pleaded guilty to a charge that he had conspired to bribe Connally. In the information filed against Nelson, several other officials of milk co operatives were named as unindicted coconspirators. Some are likely to testify against Connally under immunity...