Miami Hurricane, November 08, 1968

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By CRAIG GRUBER
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Richard Nixon, in his election victory over Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey, performed the greatest revival since the reincarnation of Lazarus.
With all the returns in the former vice-president will be the thirty-seventh President of the United States. Excepting Dwight Eisenhower, the hero of ali the United States, the election of Richard Nixon marked the first time since Herbert Hoover that a Republican has been elected President.
The closest election in several decades, this election year marks several new dimensions on the American political scene. For the first time a third party was on the ballot in all the fifty states. Led by George Wallace, former Governor of Alabama, the American Independent Party made incursions on the regular voting strengths of both parties.
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Although he did not sufficiently hurt the chances of Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey in the industrial Northeast, Wallace carried a sufficient amount of votes in the south to deny Hubert Humphrey the Presidency by allowing Richard Nixon to garner a plurality of the votes. Wallace’s poor showing in the South was probably due to a feeling that a vote for the former Governor was in reality a vote for Humphrey.
Another important aspect of the election was the
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The classic case is Arkansas which six electoral votes to George Wallace, returned De-mocrat William Fulbright to the Senate, and Republican Winthrop Rockefeller to the Statehouse. From New York to California this trend was followed — neither candidate having much coattail effect.
This selectivity was also shown in refusing to return many respected public officers to their old jobs. Most notable of these were Democrats Mike Monroney of Oklahoma, Senate Whip, and Wayne Morse, Senator from Oregon.
The G.O.P. garnered many other Senate seats in its effort to control that house of government, but they failed in their effort to control the House of
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Friday, November 8, 1968
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Strike Halts; Staff To Try All Channels
The staff of the HURRICANE agreed to halt a strike called against the Board of Publications after 25 hours in order “to explore all channels and exhaust all avenues of communication."
The strike stemmed from the fact that the HURRICANE stipend staff desired internal succession and wanted to elect their own editor, associate editor, and business manager, positions now elected by the Board of Publications.
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However, when notice of the staff’s desires were presented to the board on Monday, they refused to recommend it for further consideration. The staff then struck.
Late Tuesday afternoon the Board of Publications sent word that they would call a special session in two weeks and at that time consider all the proposals of the HURRICANE.
It was then that the staff decided to halt the strike, at least until the Board of Publications next meeting.
The HURRICANE contends that the Board of Publications is unqualified to elect the Editor because the board knows nothing of candidates real positions or personalities, and is unfamiliar with the relations of the HURRICANE staff to those running for positions.
One advantage of the HURRICANE electing their own editors, the staff contends, is that continuity is established and the HURRICANE becomes an institution. When continuity is established, editors will not
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— Photo by MELANI VAN PETEN
Students Mourn Slain Leaders...
three candles for Bobby, JFK, and King
Memorial Services Are Held
By ENID-ANN HO UTKIN Hurricane Staff-Writer
“As we pass the flame of life into the waters, let us pray for a new and better America where all men can be free.”
With these words, some three hundred studer ts who had lined up single file along the' UM Student Lake, candles flickering in their hands, tossed them out into the night to pay homage to three great men: John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King.
The ceremony which was a
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SDS Sits-In At Dean Of Men’s
By MELANI VAN PETTEN And SHARA PAVLOW
About 26 members of Students for a Democratic Society sat down outside the Dean of Men’s office early Wednesday morning in protest of what they believed to be pending disciplinary action against Walter Waci-kowski, a UM sphomore.
Wacikowski was questioned by the Dean of Men’s office about his alleged pouring of a cupful of kerosene or gasoline over the remains of a coffin, burned by SDS
Tuesday night as a symbol of the loss of participation by youth in American politics.
“He certaintiy was not under arrest,” stated Dean William Sandler. “We just wanted to talk to him about the danger of pouring kerosene or whatever it was on a fire, or what had been a fire. He was violating a city ordinance. If any disciplinary action is taken, it will be against SDS as a whole.”
The demonstration began
about 10:30 Tuesday night, when a makeshift coffin, painted black and stuffed with paper, was lighted as a protest against the death of American politics and the participation of youth.
A few minutes after the coffin was lighted, Mr. Harry Meigs, had of campus security, arrived with a campus security guard and several fire extinguishers.
The demonstrators formed a ring around the fire, but
the fire extinguisher was thrust underneath their arms and the fire put out. Meigs informed Bob Weinberg, SDS chairman, that the fire was in violation of a Coral Gables rity ordinance.
The fire was relit several times by SDS, and subse-q u e n 11 y extinguished by Meigs, who finally soaked the remaining papers with water. Fresh fuel was brought, and one member of
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