Wallace's 1972 Run Still Shapes US Politics
Wallace’s 1972 campaign failed to win broad national appeal, carrying five southern states and about 14 percent of the popular vote. His performance exposed regional limits of his movement, highlighted the influence of his choose LeMay on voters, and spurred calls for electoral reform to curb outsider power in the Electoral College.
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Alabama
United States
Wallace
North
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
New Jersey
New York
Midwest
West
New England
Maryland
Kentucky
Richard J. Hughes
Hubert H. Humphrey
Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
LeMay
America
Robert M. LaFollette
Congress
Allies Can Create Problems By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI foreign analyst warns that small allied powers can pull the big powers into crises. He cites Korea under Syngman Rhee and Vietnam under Nguyen Van Thieu as examples, noting Rhee and Thieu relied on US backing to hold power. The piece also notes Soviet ties to Ulbricht Castro and Nasser.
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United States
Soviet Union
Korea
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Paris
Castro
Cuba
East Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Rhee
Thieu
U.S
Ulbricht
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Fidel Castro
Nasser
Israel
Britain
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Washington
China
Hanoi
Vietnam
Washington Window Campaign Blunders
Washington reports critique campaign scheduling and police interactions during Humphrey and Nixon runs. Observations focus on staff planning by Orville Freeman, motorcade efficiency, police crowd control, rise of surveillance cameras, and media coverage. Context includes Wallace rallies and early Vietnam War era geopolitical notes.
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Washington
UPI
Humphrey
Nixon
Orville Freeman
Ohio
New York
Chicago
Secret Service
George C. Wallace
Elizabeth
N.J
Wallace
Minister's Daughter Holds Sign During Nixon Victory Stop
In Deshler Ohio Vicki Lynne Cole 13 held a poster reading Bring us together again during President-elect Nixon's whistle stop train tour. Nixon recalled the moment in his victory speech noting the small town crowd and the teenage poster as a symbol for his administration. Her father Rev David Cole of Deshler United Methodist Church called the episode an interesting experience for his daughter and a sign Nixon noticed in a rural community.
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Deshler
Ohio
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Vicki Lynne Cole
Nixon
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