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...event of this campaign came last Thursday night, when Nixon spoke in behalf of Republican candidates George Murphy and Ronald Reagan in San Jose, California. When Nixon emerged from the hall, he was greeted by about a thousand demonstrators, who, up to his appearance, had been peaceful. Oddly enough, a path had not been cleared for the President. Nor had an alternative route for his departure been considered. The crowd was allowed to move up close to Nixon, and the crowd was becoming vocally hostile...
...California, the Republican party suffered some severe setbacks. Incumbent Republican Gov. Ronald Reagan was re-elected with 55 per cent of the vote-much less than the 60 per cent-plus margin he had been expected to get. Despite intensive Administration efforts to capitalize on the San Jose rockthrowing incident, Democratic Rep. John Tunney defeated Republican topdancer George Murphy...
Democratic Rep. John Tunney, aided by the strong showing of gubernatorial candidate Jess Unruh, unseated Republican Sen. George Murphy. Tunney had been leading in the polls, but Republicans hoped the San Jose incident would turn the tide. Unruh ran stronger than expected against Ronald Reagan, winning 42 per cent of the vote...
Until last week, the Democrats' strategy seemed to be the more successful. But, Thursday night, protestors in San Jose, apparently taunted by the President, pelted his motorcade with eggs and rocks...
...carrying blacks in Army fatigues attacked the police station three times in six hours. Near by, arsonists set two stores ablaze, and when fire equipment failed to appear, anonymous callers phoned police and fire officials, demanding to know, "When are you going to send in the pigs?" Says San Jose Police Chief Ray Blackmore, "You hate to use the word, but what's going on is a mild form of revolution...