The election eye...Church is featured at both conventions Item Info
- Title:
- The election eye...Church is featured at both conventions
- Creator:
- Plastino, Ben
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1980-07-03
- Description:
- A newspaper article discussing: U.S. Senator Frank Church was featured at both the Democratic and Republican state conventions in 1980. Retired military generals and Republican leaders at the Boise convention attacked Church’s voting record on military appropriations, accusing him of weak defense policies. Meanwhile, Church’s speech at the Democratic convention focused on his achievements, subtly mocking his Republican opponent, Steve Symms, for his lack of congressional effectiveness.
- Subjects:
- conferences policies attacks
- Politicians:
- Frank Church Steve Symms
- Location:
- Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Idaho County:
- Bonneville County
- Source:
- Ben J. Plastino Papers, 1947-1998, MG 632, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
- Source Identifier:
- mg632-f02_001
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Language:
- eng
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "The election eye...Church is featured at both conventions", Ben J. Plastino Papers Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/plastino/items/plastino0087.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at libspec@uidaho.edu. The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/