Former VP Nixon campaigns in McMinnville, Oregon 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 14 1968)


Video: 'KEVU April Part 2 1968 Oregon Primary RDTV' (May 14, 1968, at 11:09)

(Tuesday, May 14, 1968; during the Republican Party presidential primaries, 1968) — Former Vice President Richard Nixon, seeking the 1968 Republican presidential nomination, drew heavy applause today at a jammed National Guard Amory in McMinnville, Oregon, when he called for greater self-reliance and pulling at “bootstraps” in order to solve economic problems.