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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1968
Page
2
Miami Beach UPI reports the 1968 Republican National Convention again featured noisy demonstrations for Rockefeller and Nixon. Despite new rules to limit outside acts, crowd chants, balloon drops, and oversized props surged, provoking Eisenhower’s earlier critique that conventions risk becoming dull without color.
Richard Nixon emerged as the Republican presidential nominee over Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan amid a history of defeats in 1960 and 1962. In a quiet, confident mood he acknowledged a tough campaign ahead while hotel room triumphs marked a personal comeback from perceived losses.
First ballot roll call shows Nixon leading in Alabama with 14 votes and Reagan with 12, Alaska backing Nixon 11 and Rockefeller 1, Ark supporting Winthrop Rockefeller with 18. Paris stockpiles report a three month loss of a third of its 6 billion in gold and foreign currency reserves due to last spring student protests.
Nixon plans a shifted 1964 campaign focusing on key industrial states and urban centers labeled hostile territory by aides. He aims to unify the GOP, secure party backing, and then target swing voters including independents and minorities with a touring outreach to heal convention wounds.
Washington dispatch reports doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are satisfied with former President Eisenhower's current progress after his latest heart attack. The 77 year old, whose seizure Tuesday matched the June 15 event in severity, remains on a low salt liquid diet with continuous oxygen and ECG heart monitoring. He could not attend the Republican National Convention, but aides keep him informed as family visits occur.
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