European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Petic 24 the stars and stripes Nixon nominated picks Agnew for no. 2 spot continued from Page 1 switching their votes to Nixon Reagan strode to the convention microphone and proposed unanimity behind Nixon. The answer was a giant cheer from the floor and galleries. Rockefeller weary and show ing it told a news conference he had telephoned Nixon to offer his congratulations and would sup port and Campaign for the Nom Inee. At the same time Rockefeller firmly ruled himself out As Nix on s running mate. Nixon made the announce ment of Agnew s selection for the no. 2 spot in a Brief news Confer ence at 12 40 . Thursday. He said some 100 party leaders had been consulted. The choosing of Agnew a one time supporter of gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller of new York was a major Surprise. The Mary land governor had delivered the nominating speech for Nixon wednesday night. Nixon opened his news Confer ence saying the deliberations have been very thorough on what we think is a tremendously important he said he wanted a Man qualified to be president who could Campaign effectively an who would be Able to assume new responsibilities dealing especially with the problems of the nation s cities. Nixon said he had been in Al most continuous session with one hour out for sleep and that100 leaders had been consulted in person or by phone. I have now made a Deci Sion he said adding that he would recommend the convention nominate Agnew for vice presi Dent. Agnew in a press conference after he was selected said i am stunned. I had no idea that this was going to happen. It came As a Bolt out of the he said he was pro civil rights but without the Condon ing of civil disobedience an that this was one of the reasons he had been chosen to run for vice president. Had he been president Agne said he would not have allowed the resurrection City encamp ment of the recent poor peo ple s Campaign in s Victory came after hours of nominating speech Sand of carefully rehearsed and staged demonstrations for the contenders Nixon Rockefeller even amid the blizzard of balloons and the sea of signs for Rockefeller and Reagan it was evident that the convention be longed to Nixon. And so the former vice presi Dent who narrowly lost the White House to the late John in 1960, won the right to try again next nov. 5.he will carry the Republican Standard against the Man the democrats nominate in Chicago in three weeks. Nixon has said he is certain his opponent will be vice president Hubert . There was Little tension an most of the excitement was manufactured As the Conven Tion held its climactic session in a Hall packed with some 18,000people. The Marathon Republican talk in produced 52 speeches of nomination and All 12 names were placed in presidential nomination including such favorite sons As sen. Una who used to Socrat and Rockefeller Winthrop of Arkansaw Wpm. Agnew offered mention the name of with the votes or with the greatest it Back in Amo scabs it was a comeback defeats in i960 for Hiram l. Fong of Hawaii sen. House and in " Strom Thurmond of South Caro police fire on Miami mobs continued from Pago 1 Rifle with the Stock broken off just behind the trigger peered around the doorway of an apart ment building into Clouds of tear Gas that billowed along 62nd Street "1 got me a cause he cried. That s Why i m out Little boy ran up to the Man and shouted they got that Whitey. They dragged him out of his car and beat him All that posed to what do they re another sup Man yelled. Get All buildings were fire bombed not Long after the Vio Lence flared again. Shouting they want to Killus All the negroes drove police out of a one Block area on62nd Street with a fierce bar rage of bottles and chunks of Concrete As Large As softballs. As the troopers retreated the Block was sealed off and an a Mored car moved in to Lay Down billowing Clouds of tear the negroes coughing and choking went right on looting and stoning in the barricaded went up and Down the Street Lushing negroes from trash strewn Fields with tear Gas bombs. As one police cruise pulled away a Burly White offi cer was seen leaning Over a negro in the Back seat pounding him with both fist.-?.fire bombs were hurled into a dry cleaning Plant where a negro looter was shot during the night and into a Market inside the police ringed Block. Police had expected another bad night and reinforcements were sent into the area be Forenoon. Their arrival apparently touched off the new violence earlier than it had been expected. Rocks pelted numerous a strike delays shipment of gis cars to Europe gis aboard crashed bus Washington a a least one person was killed and Many were injured in the Panama canal zone in the collision of a train and a bus carrying number of american soldiers and their panamanian dates Pentagon sources said thurs Day. About 45 persons were aboard the bus which was returning from a Myca sponsored sight seeing trip. The Pentagon said the bus was struck by an engine of the Pentagon did not identify the dead and injured saying the Accident was under investigation and details would be re leased in Panama. Lbs continued from Page 1 show no significant change. In the annual physical since1960, diverticula have been pres ent in the Large intestine and represent on this examination. An additional examination has Bee scheduled with More thorough preparation for next Washington is Astrike at the military port facilities in Philadelphia is beginning to affect shipments of military and privately owned vehicle Sand some defense cargo Between the United states and Europe according to information sup plied by the defense depart ment. There Are 571 privately owned vehicles at the strike bound docks along with military trucks an defense cargo. The strike began monday when yardman belonging to the Industrial Union of Marine an shipbuilding workers of Ameri Ca local 14, Al Cio quit atthe Northern metals co. In a Dis Pute Over wages and company based at the Phil Adelphia Ocean terminal Isth main processing Point of privately owned automobiles be longing to servicemen going to and from Federal mediator has been meeting with management an labor for the past two weeks and defense transportation officials said it appears the strike will last a Long military traffic manage ment and terminal service a tit responsible for operating military Ocean terminal sin this country notified the Mil itary department that privately owned automobiles will not be accepted at Northern metals until the strike ends. For the time being the Mili tary Ocean terminal in Bay weather partly Cloudy to Cloudy with Occa clonal Light rain and Early morning fog. Decreasing Clou Dinou saturday. Frankfurt Heidel Berg High 70, Low 67. Temperature re corded thur Day get 4 4 am pm 81 81 Madrid p 67 m Munich p 67 70 Paru p 48 68 Prei Tolck p 60 79 Rome p 7 86 wheal i o am pm 68 92 Adana p 79 84 Athens c 69 73 Valano cd 64 81 Berlin p 55 64 Frankfurt r 67 63 London re Clear a rain. Al Cloudy a partly cloudy2nd weather Wing Onne n.j., largest on the East coast will be used As an alter Nate shipping Point. Bayonne i about a two hour drive from Northern metals. To help Allevi ate the inconvenience caused military personnel who mus leave their cars at Bayonne and proceed to Mcguire air Force base n.j., for flights to Europe a tits has set up special bus service Between the two Points. Servicemen returning from Europe to pick up their cars in Philadelphia have not had an difficulty defense officials say because Northern metals management is now handling this. Overseas commands Are being furnished with names of All personnel whose automobiles Are being delayed in Philadelphia. The High Speed cargo ship m. Callaghan which carried some 10,000 privately owned vehicles and other cargo in the past six months betwee the United states and Europe was due at Northern metals fro Europe on saturday but it is being diverted so that its cargo will not be influenced by the strike. To mobiles especially police cruisers. They shot a brother on negro roared As crowds built up ominously in the streets. The want to kill us All screamed hell of it is one by Stander remarked shaking his head they believe when police were driven out of the one Block the first place to be hit by looters was a liquor store. It was stripped almost Bare and Many of the negroes started drinking. Hot Damn he got chivas re Gal one woman shouted from a third floor Balcony As a Mandan up the stairs carrying four bottles of scotch under each Arm. Neither gov. Claude Kirk no mayor Chuck Hall who had been expected to return tothe area thursday to hear negro grievances ventured into s name was the subject of Many shouted obscenities. From behind a one Story building a group of a dozen negroes threw rocks and bottle sin a steady Stream Over the roof and into the Street keeping police ducking and dodging. After a particularly heavy bottle storm one negro patrol Man Drew his pistol. Someone screamed you d better not shoot that and he returned itto its Holster. As the new violence erupted an Arr Ray of officers moved in. During wednesday night negroes had set fire to Automo Biles stoned White motorists and looted stores. Some 25 per sons were injured including two negroes shot by unknown gun men and about 100 negroes were arrested. Trouble flared As the Republican party across Biscayne Bay at Miami Beach prepared forthe balloting that was to make Richard m. Nixon its presiden tial nominee. And the first National political convention in Florida history apparently triggered the first racial outburst since passage of the 1954 civil rights Rev. Kenneth major a Liberty City episcopal minister complained that hundreds of people were hired for the convention but none from Liberty leads us to believe he said that the republicans Don t give a surrounds Norship of California one Nixon bid a bitter us Horary Farewell to politics its a great night calling signals from his Hisiu Plaza hotel Penthouse it 1 aide As the nominating were made. Agnew said Nixon was the Man not Only to match i moment but to master it Agnew was elected of Maryland in 1966 As county executive of bait More county which the City of Baltimore. Until Agnew was picked entered mostly on Sens. Mark Hatfield of Oregon Scharles Percy of Illinois and mayor John v. Lindsay of Newyork City. All three Are cons ered in the parly s Liberal Wing bitter obituary Nixon s nomination climaxed studied meticulously organized but nonetheless dramatic re turn to the Republican Pinnacle by a Man who six years ago uttered his own bitter political obituary. That was in los Angeles the morning after Nixon lost his bid to become the state s governor Haggard exhausted Nixon faced a news conference and proclaimed you won t have Dick Nixon to kick around any longer be cause gentlemen this is my Las press he left the native state fro which he had been elected to the House then to the Senate Leav ing Congress to become Dwight d. Eisenhower s vice president moved to new York and came a Wall Street lawyer. Renaissance \ but politics remained his res profession. And in the after Naii of the republicans devastating1964 defeat party professionals began talking of Nixon As a con tender again for presidential off year elections of 19produced a Republican come Back and Nixon an ardent campaigner for the party s Nomi nees shared in the Triumph. That began in Earnest but under cover the Campaign he Cli maxed in Miami Beach Reagan and Rockefeller campaigned to the final hours i their futile quest. The new York governor As the convention de its nominating session. Gan charged the Nixon forces had resorted to Arm twisting an frightening pressure tactics. A massive psychological Blitz by the Nixon forces Haberen stopped to said. But nothing had been stopped at an. Ike s Progress pleases doctors Washington a army doctors reported thursday they were pleased with the continuing Progress former president Dwight d. Eisenhower is Mak ing after his newest major heart also relayed a statement from Eisenhower saying he was delighted Over the nomination of Richard m. Nixon to be the Republican presidential Candi Date. Eisenhower spent a restful night at Walter Reed army hos Pital where he suffered his lat est heart attack Early tuesday the doctors attendants relayed the word of Nixon s nomination to him during the night when he awoke officials said Eisen Hower s statement was Given totem by his aide Brig. Gen. Robert l. Schulz. I am delighted it know i am an honorary Delegate and could i have Bee there and voted then the total number would have been 693 in Stead of 692." Nixon received 892 Delegate votes on the first Cau of the Roll before switching of delegates made the vote unanimous. The doctors quoted Schulz a saying that Eisenhower Hadj so sure As was David at " so sure As �., up i 8results that he had if f eds message for immediate 01 i,0 for David Eisenhower is the w Mer president s mT.011 the formal medical Buling on Eisenhower said a. Benhower spent night. Vital signs the doctors report that pleased with the enals or
