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...talking about the "erosion" of Nixon's strength. The most accurate count, as it turned out, was by the Nixon organization, which earlier had talked about 700 and privately refined its calculations to 702. Needed to be nominated: 667. As the nominating speeches droned on, Nixon visited his command trailer outside the hall and got word that a first-ballot victory was assured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: NOW THE REPUBLIC | 8/16/1968 | See Source »

...cold-eyed when a nominator mentioned Nelson Rockefeller's undefeated election record, Ronald Reagan's mother-in-law chanting "We want Reagan!" ABC also had its moments with a couple of prefilmed reports, including the only network penetration into a caucus (Idaho) and into the Nixon command trailer, which resembled a bookie joint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newscasting: Medium over Tedium | 8/16/1968 | See Source »

...sounds were the melting strains of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty. The music was provided by the 90-piece New Jersey Symphony, led by young (35) Negro Conductor Henry Lewis, performing in a huge portable concert shell that can be folded and packed up into a single oversized trailer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Concerts: Taking to the Streets | 8/16/1968 | See Source »

...Special Weapons and Tactics), designed to pick off snipers and to eliminate, presumably, the need for indiscriminate police gunfire, which took innocent victims in Newark and Detroit last year. On the target range they can hit the head of a man's silhouette at 300 yards. A $25,000 trailer has been fitted out as a mobile command post, with an armored underside to fend off Molotov cocktails, and a smaller van is available for secondary commanders. Fibre shields, straight out of Ivanhoe, and bulletproof vests have been bought for men in danger areas. The force this summer will have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: POLICE: THE THIN BLUE LINE | 7/19/1968 | See Source »

Detroit's International Afro-American Museum, organized by Dr. Charles H. Wright, a black gynecologist, is a trailer that tours schools. Among its exhibits: African statues from the collection of G. Mennen Williams, a clay model of the 14th century West African metropolis of Timbuctoo, and exhibits on the ancient (6th century) Zimbabwe civilization in Rhodesia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Museums: Opening Eyes in the Ghettos | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

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