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G68.1-002
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- 1972-09-25 (Creation)
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George McGovern, Democratic candidate for president, addresses a large labor gathering in Tacoma while on the 1972 campaign trail. He spoke at the new Labor Center, 950 Fawcett Ave. Mr. McGovern, a senator from South Dakota, had chosen R. Sargent Shriver, brother-in-law of the late President John F. Kennedy, as his running mate. The McGovern-Shriver ticket would go down in a landslide defeat on November 7th to incumbent Richard Nixon and his vice-president, Spiro Agnew. (TNT 9-25-72, p. 1-article)
McGovern, George S.; Political campaigns; Presidential elections; Public speaking--Tacoma--1970-1980;