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Shredding. After Mitchell came ITT President Geneen. He too disavowed any connection between the ITT settlement and the convention offer. In fact, he said, that offer, made by the Sheraton Corp., an ITT subsidiary, was not for $400,000 but for $100,000, and on condition that the presidential headquarters would be set up in a new Sheraton hotel. An additional $100,000 was offered if needed and if matched by other businesses. Geneen said the money was a routine investment to publicize the opening of a new hotel...
...Mills visage invaded the White Mountain State five weeks before the gala appearance in the Sheraton Carpenter ballroom. Not only were New Hampshirites confronted daily by smiling red, white, and blue placards on every street corner, but they were offered the opportunity to see a specially prepared documentary narrated by none other than Burgess Meredith, the "Penguin" of Batman fame...
...nervous and irritable. They were continually clearing paths for the Senator where no paths were needed, tensely bossing people around, fiercely trying to keep people away from Muskie. In one 24-hour span, individual reporters were evicted from the Muskie press room, Muskie Headquarters, and an elevator in the Sheraton-Carpenter Hotel where Muskie was staying...
Anderson's charges and the memo set Washington buzzing with rumor and speculation. It was no secret in the capital that ITT had given $100,000 -through its subsidiary the Sheraton Corp.-to the G.O.P. and was considering giving more. It was also known that the money for the convention had been pledged only eight days before the Justice Department's favorable ruling. At the time, the department's Antitrust Division was under Richard McLaren, an exceptionally tough prosecutor who is now a federal judge in Chicago. The division had been furiously attacking ITT's earlier...
Downstairs in the ballroom of the Sheraton-Carpenter Hotel, a crowd of some 400 jubilant Muskie supporters seemed oblivious to the concern in the press room. A band played cheerful music under the bright glare of television lights and a predominantly young crowd roared with delight as the first returns were posted...