Word: lowenstein
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lowenstein finally did endorse Humphrey, announcing his support for the Vice-President immediately after Johnson stopped the bombing...
...failed to endorse him I would have been a hypocrite," Lowenstein said Tuesday. "I had said that I would support him if there was some change in the administration's Vietnam policy. I really had no choice." Many of Lowenstein's student supporters were angry at the move, but none were upset enough to desert their candidate...
...Election Day they handed out sample ballots highlighting Lowenstein's name at the polling places, but they didn't have an easy time of it. In Baldwin one boy was arrested for standing too close to the polling place, even though he was outside the 100-foot marker. The police claimed that the marker was in the wrong place...
...Lowenstein's campaign, which began in March when he was nominated by the Dissident Democrats of Nassau Country, ended at a victory celebration at Karl Hoppl's--a Baldwin restaurant that does most of its business on weddings, bar mitzvahs, and sweet sixteens...
...crepe paper, and balloons. The first results, in at 10:05 p.m., were discouraging: Hampton was ahead by 679 votes. Everybody was nervous, and the only people willing to discuss the outcome were members of the press. Kids watched the televisions, many of them cheering for Humphrey. Horace Kramer, Lowenstein's campaign manager, recalled that although he was losing, he wasn't trailing by as much as Herbert R. Tenzer, the retiring Congressman, had been in 1964 when he was elected. By 11 p.m. Lowenstein was ahead by 1000 votes...