Republican Campaign Opens at Miami Beach in 1968 Nomination Fight
The piece traces the 1964 66 67 buildup to the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. It highlights Nixon Rockefeller and Reagan as leading contenders, Romney’s fall after brainwash remark, and the battle for delegates core in New Hampshire Wisconsin Pennsylvania Indiana Oregon and California with Nixon strong, Rockefeller rising, Reagan as dark horse and potential kingmaker dynamics.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
Miami Beach
Harold &. Stassen
Vietnam
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
U. S
George Romney
Michigan
Detroit
South Vietnam
Romney
Nixon
Republican Party
John F. Kennedy
Edmund G. Brown
Rockefeller
Barry M. Goldwater
Arizona
Josef
New Hampshire
Romaney
Goldwater
San Francisco
Wisconsin
New Yorker
Reagan
Oregon
Robert F. Kennedy
Reagan Nomination Prospects Remain Highly Speculative
Governor Reagan continues a cautious, noncandidate posture as delegates from several states meet. He holds talks with Ohio Governor James Rhodes while denying any strategy to seek the vice presidency and warns against a Nixon first ballot. Reagan stresses that Wallace’s third party run shapes GOP sentiment, and confirms no VP intent.
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Reagan
South
George Wallace
Alabama
Nixon
Rockefeller
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
New York
Galdwin Hill
N. Y
James Rhodes
Ohio
Nelson Rockefeller
United States
Eisenhower
California
Miami Beach Tales From the Early Builders and Elders
Mrs. Carl Fisher recalls an alligator named Old Joe and Miami Beach in 1911 when it was a mangrove swamp. Max Carey and Pete Chase remember distant trolley lines, avocado groves, and a population of 641 in 1921. Eighty percent of residents are Jewish. the city declares a high median age and a summer crowd attracted by low hotel rates.
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Homer Bigart
New York Times News
Miami
Beach
Carl Fisher
Old Joe
Indian Creek
Miami Beach
Max Carey
Baseball Hall of Fame
Pittsburgh Pirates
Sheridan Avenue
Charles Wathen
Pete) Chase Jr
Fisher
Pete
Max
Mrs
Biscayne Bay
Jay Derner
South Beach
Bagel Beach
U.S
Lummus Park
Oceanfront
Bartlett Withdraws Name Favors Nixon
Gov. Dewey F Bartlett of Oklahoma withdrew as a favorite son candidate and endorsed Richard M Nixon for the Republican nomination at the convention in Miami Beach. The Oklahoma delegation has 22 votes with 14 for Nixon, seven for Reagan, and one uncommitted.
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New York Times
Miami Beach
Dewey F. Bartlett
Oklahoma
Richard M. Nixon
Bartlett
Nixon
Kety
Reagan
Feller
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Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Massachusetts
John Volpe
Indiana
Stassen
Kennedy
Confronta
Raymond Shafer
John Love
Colorado
Sen
Charles Percy
Illinois
Lindsay
Percy
Daniel J. Evans
Washington
William W. Scranton
Evans
Love
Health, Education and Welfare
John W. Gardner
Agnew
Shafter
Happy Rockefeller
Wallace
Gov
Florida
Favors Nixon
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