Rockefeller Trails as Nixon Gains Momentum in 1968 Race
Nelson Rockefeller shows no major gains as Nixon hits Miami and Reagan enters the race. Rockefeller cites an open convention and cites limited endorsements from Gov. Chafee and Gen. Clay, while Nixon's team surfaces timely news moves via Herbert Klein.
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R. W. Apple JR
New York Times News Service
Miami Beach
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
California
Richard M. Nixon
Miami
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Nixon
Rockefeller
John Chafee
Rhode Island
Lucius D. Clay
GOP Moves To Add Negroes To Rolls
Miami Beach reports that the Republican National Committee proposed a rule banning racial discrimination in party affairs and urged state committees to broaden participation. The rule aims to increase Black delegates as court challenges and complaints surface over Negro participation and delegate seating at the convention.
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Gop
John Herbers
N.Y
Republican State Committee
National Party
Credentials Committee
Iowa
Joy Rohn
H. R. Gross
Miami Beach
Ronald Reagan
Nixon’s dove stance reshapes 1968 GOP platform
In Miami Beach on November 1 1966 Nixon discussed the Vietnam War as a potential political issue for 1968. He warned Johnson’s approach risked a peace platform and suggested the GOP could run a peace campaign, while signaling he might not be its candidate.
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Rockefeller
Nixon
Miami Beach
Richard Nixon
Hilton Plaza
New York
N.Y
Johnson
Dr. Spock
New York Review of Books
Southeast Asia
New Hampshire
Saigon
Asia
Everett Dirksen
Republican Platform Committee
Republican Party
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Vietnam
Critic Finds Fifth Act Looming at Miami Convention
NYT drama critic Clive Barnes compares the 1960 Republican National Convention to a staged play in Miami Beach. Eisenhower and Nixon loom as seasoned leads while Reagan and Murphy appear as film era cameos. The crowd, cameras, and slogans choreograph a predictable, television driven ritual.
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Edward Brooke
Florida
America
George Murphy
Shirley Temple
Richard Nixon
Rockefeller
Clive Barnes
N.Y. Times
N.Y. Times News Service
Miami Beach
Fla
Graud
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gov
Ronald Reagan
Edward W. Brooke
New Yorker
John V. Lindsay
John Wayne
Miami
Expanded Security Tight for GOP Convention Attendees
At the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, spectators faced bag and briefcase searches as part of an expanded protection plan after Kennedy’s assassination. Newsmen endured multiple checkpoints while guards and helicopters surveilled the area. one man with a rifle was arrested in a hotel room as officers intensified security around the event.
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Martin Waldron
N.Y
Miami Beach
Collins Ave
Convention Hall
Ozzie Kruiderner
Secret Service
Army
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
James C. Anderson
Kanab
Utah
Anderson
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Florida
Florida State Board of Conservation
John V. Lindsay
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