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Dole Named Ford Running Mate Rivalry and Reform Image
Kansas Senator Robert J. Dole emerges as President Ford's Vice Presidential pick with a record of vigorous partisanship in support of Nixon, Civil Rights, and farm-state politics. His past clashes with party leaders and conservative admiration frame a bold campaign role. Dole's military service and long political ascent from Kansas to the Senate highlight a career marked by candor and loyalty to conservative causes.
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NY Times News Service
Kansas City
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Ford
Tisan
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Bob Dole
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Dole
William Saxbe
Ohio
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nixon
Republican National Committee
White House
Rogers C.B. Morton
Ford Committee
Rog
St. Bernard
Richard Nixon
New York Times
National Party
Ronald Reagan
Sens
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Reagan
George McGovern
Robert Joseph Dole
Russell
Kan
University of Kansas
Italy
Russell County
U.S
House of Representatives
Frank Carlson
Senate
John B. Connally
Texas
Carter
Mondale