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San Diego, California, had originally been selected as host city. Columnist Jack Anderson however discovered a memo written by Dita Beard, a lobbyist for International Telephone and Telegraph, suggesting the company pledge $400,000 toward the San Diego bid in return for the U.S. Department of Justice settling its antitrust case against ITT. Fearing scandal, and citing labor and cost concerns, the GOP transferred the event—scarcely three months before it was to begin—to Miami Beach, which was also hosting the 1972 Democratic National Convention. It was the third and last time both the Republican and Democratic national party conventions were held in the same city. The RNC did not return to San Diego until 1996. Nickname: Americas Finest City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Jackson Northman Anderson (October 19, 1922 – December 17, 2005) was an American newspaper columnist and is considered one of the fathers of modern investigative journalism. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Justice Department redirects here. ... It has been suggested that competition law be merged into this article or section. ... The Republican Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. ... The 1972 Democratic National convention nominated Senator George McGovern for President and Senator Thomas Eagleton for vice president. ... Speeches by important party figures are key features of the convention; here, former President Jimmy Carter addresses the 2004 Democratic National Convention. ... The 1996 Republican National Convention convened at the San Diego Convention Center (SDCC) in San Diego, California from August 12 to August 15. ...

The convention set a new standard, as it was scripted as a media event to an unprecedented degree[1].

The keynote address, by Anne Armstrong of Texas, was the first national convention keynote delivered by a woman. A keynote in literature, music or public speaking is the principal underlying theme of a larger idea — a literary story, an individual musical piece or event. ... Official language(s) None. ...

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Protest activity

The convention was targeted for widespread protests, particularly against the Vietnam War, and the Nixon administration made efforts to suppress it. Files released under a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in 2005 showed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation even monitored Beatle John Lennon after was invited to play for Yippie protests, later to conclude he was no dangerous revolutionary, being "constantly under the influence of narcotics." The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the Communist World, namely the Soviet Union and Red China against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and its allies — notably the United States military in... Nearly sixty countries around the world have implemented some form of freedom of information legislation, which sets rules on governmental secrecy. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official FBI Seal The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force and intelligence agency which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... The Beatles were a British pop music group from Liverpool, England held in very high regard for both their artistic achievements and their considerable commercial success, and have amassed an enormous worldwide fanbase that continues to exist to this day. ... John Winston Lennon (later John Ono Lennon) (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980) was best known as a singer, songwriter, poet and guitarist for the British rock band The Beatles. ... The Youth International Party (whose adherents were known as Yippies, a variant on Hippies) was a highly theatrical political party established in the United States in 1967. ...

The U.S. Justice Department indicted Scott Camil, John Kniffen, Alton Foss, Donald Perdue, William Patterson, Stan Michelsen, Peter Mahoney and John Briggs—collectively known as the Gainesville Eight—on charges of conspiracy to disrupt the Convention. All were exonerated. Justice Department redirects here. ... Scott Camil (born 1946 in Brooklyn, NY) is a noted political activist. ... The Gainesville Eight were a group of anti-war activists indicted on charges of conspiracy to disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. ...

Ron Kovic and fellow Vietnam Veterans Against the War protesters Bobby Muller, Bill Wieman, and Mark Clevinger were spat upon at the convention. [2]. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) is a tax-exempt Non-profit organization and corporation, originally created to oppose the Vietnam War. ... Bobby Muller served as a Marine Lieutenant in Vietnam, where a bullet severed his spinal cord, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, while he was leading an assault. ...

References

• Ancona, Vincent S. When the Elephants Marched Out of San Diego: The 1972 Republican Convention Fiasco, The Journal of San Diego History, Fall 1992, Volume 38, Number 4
• "Lennon 'too stoned to pose threat'," September 22, 2005, retrieved from CNN.com December 14, 2005.
• Kirkpatrick, Jeane J, "Representation in the American National Conventions: The Case of 1972," British Journal of Political Science, July 1, 1975. Available as a PDF courtesy of the American Enterprise Institute

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External link

• Nixon, Richard "Remarks on Accepting the Presidential Nomination of the Republican National Convention," August 23rd, 1972. Provided by the American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara.

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