Word: racing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Regarding "The Overshadowing Issue" [Aug. 2], it is no doubt true that there were over 50 major race riots in the U.S. with whites on the offensive, but I challenge Dr. Franklin's statement that they were not followed by cries for "law and order." I can still remember the horror with which, some 30 years ago, a white man told me of a race riot he had witnessed and his pity for its victims; and though it may seem strange to some, his relation of the incidents was absolutely without racial bias. The fact is that in those...
...Wisconsin's 30, won in that state's primary, broke through the magic number to make it 680. Wyoming added its twelve, for a first-ballot total of 692, compared with 277 for Rockefeller, 182 for Reagan and 182 sprinkled elsewhere. It was even less of a race than it seemed. Nixon had reserve votes in several favorite-son delegations that he could have called upon if necessary. Minnesota Congressman Ancher Nelsen, one of the nine whips working the floor for Nixon, had only one complaint: "We got rather hungry. Getting a hot dog?that was the biggest crisis...
...President." In response to "the ground swell of public opinion that I have seen developing," he sponsored a draft-Rockefeller organization, flying around the country in a Rockefeller-chartered plane to sing the New Yorker's praises. He was still singing when Rocky pulled out of the race on March...
...would announce his entry into the Oregon primary that he invited reporters into his office to watch the Governor's press conference on TV. Through some incredible oversight in New York, no one had bothered to inform Rockefeller's most ardent admirer that Nelson was about to quit the race instead. Agnew had to bear his disappointment and humiliation in public. Though the New Yorker apologized handsomely, Agnew never forgave him. Nixon became more and more attractive...
...Vice President could ill afford the eupepsia. The Democratic Party is as badly split as ever over the war. In fact, South Dakota Senator George McGovern's belated entry into the race can only increase intraparty factionalism (see following story). Moreover, the G.O.P.'s nomination of Spiro Agnew will tend to reduce the pressures for Democratic unity that might have resulted if a liberal Republican such as John Lindsay had been named to run with Nixon...