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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1968
Page
2
Nixon outlines national leadership needs at Miami Beach amid Vietnam war tensions. He argues for united Republicans, a shift to end the war, tougher crime action, reduced federal welfare in favor of private enterprise, and a new approach to civil rights and internationalism.
UPI reports Senator Edward W. Brooke will campaign only in Massachusetts for congressional and legislative races. He criticized the GOP for repeating past mistakes by nominating Nixon and Agnew, saying the party has not learned from its errors.
At the Republican convention in Miami Beach Spiro Agnew won the party's vice presidential nomination after a failed push against him. Critics called the pick a compromise of regional interests with the South favoring Reagan and the North backing Percy or Lindsay.
New York court convicted financier Louis E. Wolfson and three codefendants in a stock manipulation scheme. The 56 year old Merritt Chapman & Scott Corp. chairman and his associates face up to 14 years in prison and a $32,000 fine. sentencing set for Sept 18.
In a UPI report, U.S. battle deaths in Vietnam show a mixed pattern during the lull in fighting. Weekly totals fluctuated around 180 to 190 as Tet impacts fade, with earlier spikes linked to the Tet offensive and subsequent offensives shaping the six week period ending Aug 3.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey expressed eagerness to duel Nixon and Agnew, calling Agnew a competent official and noting the Maryland governor’s rise amid Southern and law and order appeal. He planned to visit Texas to meet Johnson and speak in Corpus Christi.
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