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In one of the most expensive primaries ever, John Kerry, a former spokesman for the Vietnam Veterans Against the War won the Democratic nomination in the Fifth Congressional district. Ten Democrats, four Republicans and one independent spent more than half a million dollars before Tuesday's primary. Kerry topped all...
Nancy Barton, Kerry's campaign treasurer, said Saturday the emphasis in the upcoming campaign will be different from that in the primary. "Last time the purpose of the campaign was to identify our supporters and get them to the polls; in November, most voters will go anyway and we have...
Shocked. Another example of these tensions occurred when Justice Stewart invited John Kerry of the Viet Nam Veterans Against the War to sit in the box reserved for guests at the court's public sessions. Justice Blackmun told Stewart that he was "shocked and appalled" by the incident.
"We have got to realize that talking, marching, striking and sloganeering are not going to get rid of Richard Nixon and are not going to end the war," Kerry said.
Kerry, founder of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War and a candidate for U.S. representative from the fifth congressional district, encouraged opponents of the war to work for Sen. George McGovern (D.S.D.).