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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1968
Page
5
Nixon declines to promise Southern Republicans a conservative running mate. He suggests he will answer Wallace on law and order and may select a moderate to win Northern industrial states while appealing to the South with his own stance. He reiterates views on courts and desegregation, bussing, open housing, and voting rights.
Arthur Krock notes the Miami Beach platform lets a Republican nominee run in multiple directions, with Reagan, Nixon, or Rockefeller facing a zigzag campaign path. The labor plank aims to restore economic balance but shuns broad labor law targets, inviting Democratic counterpunches over Viet Nam policy.
NYT drama critic Clive Barnes reports from Miami Beach on a convention era screening of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The piece blends satire and backstage mobile moments with a political backdrop and a caricatured delegate anecdote.
Gov. Ronald Reagan gains perceived momentum as he works the delegate caucus circuit in a bid for the Republican nomination. While his backers cite about 200 delegates, observers note Southern support warming and mixed sentiment in California. Reagan stresses a non recommitment approach and would not pick a balancing candidate, while California delegates reaffirm loyalty pending release. Lt. Gov. Finch remains critical of Reagan abandoning the favorite son stance.
Inside Washington columnist James Reston surveys the Republican gathering in Miami Beach. He argues the party touts new thinking and new actions but sticks to old tactics and vague funding plans, creating a credibility gap between rhetoric and policy. Nixon looms as familiar, yet behavior lingers in old patterns amid a shifting national mood.
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