Alternate History 🇺🇸 November 2, 1976: President Nelson Rockefeller wins election to full 4-year term and the aftermath

[Sergeant Foley]

9:28 PM EST CBS NEWS PROJECTS PRESIDENT NELSON ROCKEFELLER WINS REELECTION

Cronkite: "It's 9:28 PM EST, the polls have already closed in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Tennessee.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the CBS News Decision Desk has researched information from exit polls, data analysis, etc., can now determine based on trends coming in. CBS News can now officially project that President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, the man who sought the Presidency three different times in unsuccessful bids for the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, 1964 and 1968, the man who served 14 years as New York State Governor before becoming the 41st Vice President of the United States, eventually ascending to the Presidency upon the assassination of President Gerald Ford on September 5, 1975, has been declared the winner of the 1976 Presidential election.

President Rockefeller has reached as of now 339 Electoral Votes having been declared the winner in New Jersey (17 Electoral Votes), Pennsylvania (27 Electoral Votes), Michigan (21 Electoral Votes), Minnesota (10 Electoral Votes), Wisconsin (11 Electoral Votes) and Tennessee (10 Electoral Votes)."

(1976 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS) 55% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING
Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY St)/Linwood Holton (R-VA):
55,873,773 (63.83%)✔
338 Electoral Votes

George Wallace (D-AL)/Jimmy Carter (D-GA)
20,804,672 (32.73%)
31 Electoral Votes

9:47 PM EST
BREAKING NEWS ALERT: GOVERNOR WALLACE REPORTEDLY CALLS PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER TO CONCEDE 1976 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Cronkite: "We're back with a major development: sources from both campaigns tell CBS News that Governor Wallace just phoned President Rockefeller to conceding the presidential election. The three-term Alabama Governor has reportedly congratulated the President on his landslide victory and wished him well in the upcoming first full four-year term. And we're just hearing that both candidates will be giving speeches tonight, but not before all results in all 50 states are in. For this, stay tuned as we continue live coverage of Campaign 76 right here on CBS News."

 

[Sergeant Foley]

BREAKING NEWS ALERT: GOVERNOR WALLACE PROJECTED TO WIN LOUISIANA

Cronkite: "The CBS News Decision Desk has projected based on exit polls and data analysis that Governor Wallace will win the State of Louisiana and its 10 Electoral Votes, giving him 41 Electoral Votes total.

We're trying to get information about whether the Governor will address supporters at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in downtown Montgomery."

(PRESIDENT: LOUISIANA 10 ELECTORAL VOTES)
Wallace: 58% ✔
Rockefeller: 41%

(1976 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS) 71% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING
Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY St)/Linwood Holton (R-VA):
56,945,313 (64.91%)✔
420 Electoral Votes

George Wallace (D-AL)/Jimmy Carter (D-GA):
21,976,883 (32.88%)
41 Electoral Votes

 

[Sergeant Foley]

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 4 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace, Jr., (D) delivers his concession speech ​

 

[Sergeant Foley]

10:35 PM EST CBS NEWS PROJECTS PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER WINS IOWA, ILLINOIS, UTAH, HAWAII, WASHINGTON

Cronkite: "The time is 10:35 PM EST and we're getting more projections coming in. CBS News Decision Desk has projected based on the exit polling and analysis that President Rockefeller has won the following states: Iowa (8 Electoral Votes), Illinois (26 Electoral Votes), Utah (4 Electoral Votes), Hawaii (4 Electoral Votes) and finally Washington (9 Electoral Votes) giving him a total of 471 Electoral Votes.

We're told that President Rockefeller will give his victory speech at the Rockefeller Center in New York City, New York State.

I believe that Vice President Holton had delivered his victory speech back in Richmond, Virginia to a packed crowd of 700 people earlier this evening when CBS News projected the Rockefeller and Holton ticket the easy winners of the 1976 Presidential election.

We can also project that after a long wait, CBS News Decision Desk has projected Governor Wallace will win the State of Texas in one of the narrowest of margins and it's 26 Electoral Votes."

(PRESIDENT: TEXAS 26 ELECTORAL VOTES)
Wallace: 50%✔
Rockefeller: 49%

(PRESIDENT: IOWA 8 ELECTORAL VOTES)
Rockefeller: 63%✔
Wallace: 35%

(PRESIDENT: ILLINOIS 26 ELECTORAL VOTES)
Rockefeller: 64%✔
Wallace: 32%

(PRESIDENT: UTAH 4 ELECTORAL VOTES)
Rockefeller: 71%✔
Wallace: 26%

(PRESIDENT: HAWAII 4 ELECTORAL VOTES)
Rockefeller: 50%✔
Wallace: 48%

(PRESIDENT: WASHINGTON 9 ELECTORAL VOTES)
Rockefeller: 59%✔
Wallace: 36%

(1976 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS) 83% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING

Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY St)/Linwood Holton (R-VA):
59,480,673 (66.99%)✔Projected Winner
470 Electoral Votes

George Wallace (D-AL)/Jimmy Carter (D-GA)
25,005,383 (31.76%)
67 Electoral Votes

COMING UP NEXT WEEK: I'll be working on the following installments: Wallace concession speech; Rockefeller victory speech; Highlights of the US Senate races; US State Gubernatorial elections.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

11:00 PM EST: BREAKING NEWS ALERT: CBS NEWS PROJECTS WILDER THE WINNER OF THE VIRGINIA US SENATE RACE

Cronkite: "We're back from commercial breaks and I believe that Rodger Mudd has information regarding the US Senate race out there in the Commonwealth of Virginia."

Mudd: "That's right. CBS News can officially project that after detailed analysis as well as exit polls from the CBS News Decision Desk, we can now project L. Douglas Wilder, the State Senator from Richmond has defeated incumbent United States Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., (I-VA) in the Virginia US Senate race according to sources close to the situation over there.

Now this will be quite historic as Wilder will become the Commonwealth's first African American United States Senator and the second African American popularly elected to the United States Senate. Our exit polls revealed that a large, strong turn out of African Americans made the difference in a nationally-watched US Senate election."

(VIRGINIA UNITED STATES SENATOR: 91% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING)
Wilder (D): 56% ✔ (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)
Byrd (I-incumbent): 42%

 

[Sergeant Foley]

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1976
12:00 AM CST
CBS NEWS BREAKING NEWS ALERT: GOVERNOR WALLACE CONCEDES

Alabama Governor George Corley Wallace, Jr., (D) with his wife, Alabama First Lady Cornelia Wallace and family during his concession speech at the Jefferson Davis Hotel.
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Governor Wallace: "Thank you very much. Thank you for coming tonight! Ladies and gentlemen, after a hard-fought campaign where we traveled across this great country of ours, it's my duty to inform everyone that after all of the major networks have called this election, I telephoned President Rockefeller and congratulated him on his victory tonight (crowd boos and cries). No, no, please!

Once again, I called President Rockefeller to congratulate him on an outstanding, impressive victory. On behalf of my family and my amazing campaign team, I wish the President the very best and express my hope that he will continue leading our country with great success in the coming four years as we're entering the late stage of the 1970s and entering a new decade of the 1980s. Now that the election is over, it's very critical and important that we have to reunite as a country by moving forward and solving our problems facing the United States including keeping the world at peace from the cruelties of war.

This election outcome tonight was far from what we would've wanted. In fact, it might've been a resounding defeat, but this is a resounding yet humbling defeat for the Democratic Party in consecutive elections in a row. And with that, I strongly suggest that in the coming days, weeks and months ahead, we all have to get to the bottom of what it is on where we went wrong as a political party, without any blame or excuses. On a personal note, I take the full responsibility. As the nominee of the Democratic Party for the Presidency, the buck stops with me! However, we also must admit that our supporters and campaign volunteers worked so hard in winning this election. It's not their fault that we lost tonight so resoundingly. I am proud of them and will forever be grateful for their hardworking efforts. Promise me that you will never stop standing up for what you believe in and fighting the issues and values you strongly cherish in fighting the good fights in the coming years.

I like to thank a great running-mate and fellow Southerner, who worked hard in this campaign, United States Senator Jimmy Carter from the great state of Georgia (crowd cheers). Cornelia and I would like to thank Jimmy and his wife, Rosalynn for their hardworking efforts throughout this campaign. For that, I will be forever grateful of having gained friends for life.

As for me, I will continue serving the people of the Great State of Alabama (crowd cheers loudly) in finishing my third term, where I will fight hard for Alabambian values. Good night, God Bless you, God Bless America and God Bless the great State of Alabama!"

Cronkite: "That was Alabama Governor George Wallace delivering his concession speech to supporters back in Montgomery. I believe in about 27 minutes, we're going to go live at the Rockefeller Center in New York City to hear the victory speech by President Nelson Rockefeller.

This is CBS News' live coverage of Campaign 76. We'll be right back after a word from your local television affiliates."

(Campaign 76 patriotic music blaring out).

 

[Sergeant Foley]

COMING UP ON CBS NEWS: PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER'S VICTORY SPEECH
1:47 AM EST, Wednesday, November 3, 1976

President Rockefeller delivering victory speech at the Rockefeller Center.

Cronkite: "And we're now about to turn to the Rockefeller Center here in New York City, where President Nelson Rockefeller and his family have arrived on the stage to a thundering cheering crowd."

Crowd: "WE WANT ROCKY! WE WANT ROCKY! WE WANT ROCKY! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!"

President Rockefeller: "Thank you very much my friends. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you so much. I just received a gracious telephone call from Governor George Wallace, who congratulated us on this resounding victory tonight. I thanked him for a very hard-fought campaign including his outreach to us. I would like to also use this opportunity in thanking his supporters for their participation in the democratic process. You can be assured, that I want to become the President of ALL Americans and I plan on continuing to work very hard everyday in earning your trust.

My fellow Americans: I simply cannot gather the words on how emotional I appear to be honored, humbled by this resounding victory, I am also thankful for the overwhelming mandate that you have give me and Linwood Holton, who is celebrating back in Richmond, Virginia with his family and friends. The trust you've given Linwood and I fills my heart with such overwhelming gratitude and humility and I pledge to everyone right here tonight, that in the next four years and who knows another four years after that (crowd cheers "ROCKY 1980! ROCKY 1980!") I will do almost everything in my heart, soul and body to ensure in living up to the hopes, dreams and greatest aspirations you all have expressed across this great country with your vote. But this isn't just a victory for me or the Republican Party; this is a victory for the greatest nation in the world as we stand as a strong, shinning example to the international community with our values and ideals: democracy, freedom, peace through strength, and opportunities to everyone. And while tonight, we celebrate this overwhelming mandate, tomorrow: we get right back to work in doing the people's business. Now this campaign is over, we will get right back to work in finishing right where we've started and keep it going. Because this is what you just elected us to do, getting the American people's business done so that future generations of Americans will look back in the history books decades from now, that they will ask us: where you were when this election occurred? You will tell your future children, future grandchildren, future great-grandchildren that you participated in the democratic process in making sure the hardworking gains we've achieved over the years continue to be cherished by future generations.

And finally, let me personally thank my beloved wife and your First Lady, Happy, my family and friends for their support. Including the volunteers who worked throughout the country in getting the message out about this administration's hardworking achievements and accomplishments, they've made this victory possible. My special thanks once again go out to Linwood and Jinks for their lasting support and friendship. America can be proud to have such one of the hardworking Vice Presidents as you've have been since this journey began. Once again, thank you all very much. Thanks for listening, good night and God Bless the United States of America!"

Cronkite: "That's our long coverage of CBS News' Decision 76. And that's the way it is for Wednesday, November 3, 1976. For Leslie Stahl, Rodger Mudd, Dan Rather and all of the CBS News team, I hope you enjoyed our hardworking coverage of Election Night and you'll be watching us again. Good night!"

COMING UP: Full Results from Election Night including US Senate and US State Gubernatorial elections.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

FINAL ELECTION RESULTS: 1976 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (NOVEMBER 2, 1976)

Electoral Map of the US 1976 Presidential Election ​

President Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY St)/Vice President Linwood Holton (R-VA)
61,673,773 (67.16%) ✔
470 Electoral Votes

Governor George Wallace (D-AL)/United States Senator Jimmy Carter (D-GA)
27,376,883 (30.83%)
67 Electoral Votes

1976 UNITED STATE SENATE ELECTIONS:
62 Democrats
38 Republicans
***Beginning on January 3, 1977
(Arizona): OPEN
Dennis DiConcini (D): 54% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
Evan Mecham (R): 43%

(California)
Sam Hayakawa (R): 50.2% (REPUBLICAN GAIN)✔
John V. Tunney (D-incumbent); 46.9%

(Connecticut)
Lowell Weicker (R-incumbent): 57.7% (REPUBLICAN HOLD)✔
Gloria Schaffer (D): 41.2%

(Delaware)
William Roth (R-incumbent): 55.8% (REPUBLICAN HOLD)✔
Thomas C. Maloney (D): 43.6%

(Florida)
Lawton Chiles (D-incumbent): 63.0% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
John Grady (R): 37.0%

(Hawaii: OPEN)
Spark Matasunga (D): 53.7% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
William F. Quinn (R): 40.6%

(Indiana)
Richard Lugar (R): 58.8% (REPUBLICAN GAIN)✔
Vance Hartke (D-incumbent): 40.5%

(Maine)
Edmund Muskie (D-incumbent): 60.2% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Roberts A.G. Monks (R): 39.8%

(Maryland)
Paul Sabarnes (D): 56.5% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
J. Glenn Beall, Jr., (R-incumbent): 38.8%

(Massachusetts)
Edward M. Kennedy (D-incumbent): 69.3% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Michael S. Robertston (R): 29.0%

(Michigan: OPEN)
Donald Riegle (D): 52.5% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Marvin L. Esch (R): 46.8%

(Minnesota)
Hubert H. Humphrey (D-incumbent): 67.5% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Gerald Brekke (R): 25.0%

(Mississippi: OPEN)
Bill Allain (D): 100%✔ (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)
Unopposed

(Missouri: OPEN)
John Danforth (R): 56.9% (REPUBLICAN GAIN)✔
Warren E. Hearnes (D): 42.5%

(Montana: OPEN)
John Mechler (D): 64.2% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Stanley C. Burger (R): 35.8%

(Nebraska: OPEN)
Edward Zorinsky (D): 52.4% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
John Y. McCollister (R): 47.5%

(Nevada)
Howard Cannon (D-incumbent): 63.0% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
David Towell (R): 31.5%

(New Jersey)
Harrison A. Williams (D-incumbent): 60.7% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
David A. Norcross (R): 38.0%

(New Mexico)
Harrison Schmidt (R): 56.9% (REPUBLICAN GAIN)✔
Joseph Montoya (D-incumbent): 40.7%

(New York State)
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D): 54.2% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
James Buckley (R-incumbent): 44.9%

(North Dakota)
Quentin Burdick (D-incumbent): 62.1% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Robert Stroup (R): 36.6%

(Ohio)
Howard Metzenbaum (D): 49.5% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
Robert Taft, Jr., (R-incumbent): 46.5%

(Pennsylvania: OPEN)
John Heinz, III (R): 52.4% (REPUBLICAN HOLD)✔
William Green, III (D): 46.8%

(Rhode Island: OPEN)
John Chafee (R): 57.7% (REPUBLICAN GAIN)✔
Robert P. Lorber (D): 42.0%

(Tennessee)
Jim Sasser (D): 52.5% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
Bill Brock (R-incumbent): 47.0%

(Texas)
Lloyd Bentsen (D-incumbent): 60.7% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Alan Steelman (R): 38.5%

(Utah)
Orrin Hatch (R): 53.7% (REPUBLICAN GAIN)✔
Frank Moss (D-incumbent): 44.8%

(Vermont)
Robert Stafford (R): 50.0% (REPUBLICAN HOLD)✔
Thomas Salmon (D): 45.3%

(Virginia)
L. Douglas Wilder (D): 56.16% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
Harry F. Byrd, Jr., (I-incumbent): 43.73%

(Washington)
Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (D-incumbent): 71.8% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
George M. Brown (R): 24.2%

(West Virginia)
Robert Byrd (D-incumbent): 99.9% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Unopposed

(Wisconsin)
William Proxmire (D-incumbent): 72.2% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Stanley York (R): 27.0%

(Wyoming)
Malcolm Wallop (R): 54.7% (REPUBLICAN GAIN)✔
Gale W. McGee (D-incumbent): 45.4%

 

[Sergeant Foley]

FINAL ELECTION RESULTS: US GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS

(Arkansas)
David Pryor (D-incumbent): 83.24% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Leon Griffith (R): 16.74%

(Delaware)
Peter du Pont (R): 56.86% (REPUBLICAN GAIN)✔
Sherman W. Tribbitt (D-incumbent): 42.46%

(Illinois: OPEN)
James R. Thompson (R): 64.68% (REPUBLICAN GAIN)✔
Michael Howlett (D): 34.71%

(Indiana)
Otis Bowen (R): 56.85% (REPUBLICAN HOLD)✔
Larry Conrad (D): 42.63%

(Missouri)
Joseph Teasdale (D): 50.23% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-incumbent): 49.55%

(Montana)
Thomas Lee Judge (D-incumbent): 61.7% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Robert Woodahl (R): 36.58%

(New Hampshire)
Meldrim Thomson, Jr., (R-incumbent): 57.61% (REPUBLICAN HOLD)✔
Harry Spanos (D): 42.32%

(North Carolina: OPEN)
James B. "Jim" Hunt, Jr., (D): 64.99% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
David Flaherty (R): 33.9%

(North Dakota)
Arthur Link (D-incumbent): 51.80% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Richard Elkin (R): 46.53%

(Rhode Island: OPEN)
J. Joseph Garrahy (D): 54.82% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Jim Taft (R): 44.71%

(Utah: OPEN)
Scott Matheson (D): 52.02% (DEMOCRATIC HOLD)✔
Vernon B. Romney (R): 45.96%

(Vermont: OPEN)
Richard Snelling (R): 53.39% (REPUBLICAN GAIN)✔
Stella Hackel (D): 40.48%
Bernie Sanders (LU): 6.09%

(Washington: OPEN)
Dixy Lee Ray (D): 53.14% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
John Spellman (R): 44.43%

(West Virginia: OPEN)
Jay Rockefeller (D): 66.15% (DEMOCRATIC GAIN)✔
Cecil H. Underwood (R): 33.82%

(Puerto Rico)
Carlos Romero Barcelo (PNP): 48.28%✔
Rafael Hernandez Colon (PPD-incumbent): 45.6%

 

[Sergeant Foley]

*Friday, November 5, 1976: The lower house of the Indian Parliament votes in postponing national elections for another year. It was the second postponement since the government of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency 16 months earlier.

*President Rockefeller meets with United States Senator Jimmy Carter (D-GA) at the White House for an informal luncheon.

*Wednesday, November 10, 1976: Emperor Hirohito of Japan celebrates the 50th anniversary of his reign. Guests in attendance shouted "Banzai" during the Golden Jubilee festivities. But many members of Parliament boycotted the event and there were protest demonstrations.

*Friday, November 12, 1976: The Chrysler Corporation will be building the new US main battletank called the Abrams according to US Army spokesmen. It will have essentially the same guns, tanks, engines as West Germany's Leopard 2.

*Saturday, November 13, 1976: President Rockefeller meets with Alabama Governor George Wallace (D) at the Fall Annual Meeting of the National Governors Association in Charlotte, North Carolina. The two former rivals then gave a joint press conference at the Hotel Marriott, calling upon national unity after the 1976 presidential election took place; the President pledged to continue his pragmatic governing approach including working on bipartisan solutions with the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives and Democratic-controlled United States Senate.

*Wednesday, November 24, 1976: President Rockefeller delivered a nationwide address from the Oval Office on the Thanksgiving holiday and called on all Americans to participate in community service events, projects.

White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen earlier that morning in a press briefing confirmed the Rockefeller's will spend Thanksgiving holiday break in West Virginia.

*Earthquake in eastern Turkey results in the loss of an estimated 4,000 lives. The devastation was then followed by blizzards, which hampered relief efforts in the mountain villages.

*Monday, November 29, 1976: Speculation swirling around US Defense Secretary William P. Clements, Jr's future as he announced that he will be stepping down from his current position by January 20, 1977. Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express News, Austin American Statesman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram all reported that Clements is considering a run for the Texas Governor's Mansion in 1978.

During a press conference inside the Pentagon, President Rockefeller announced he was nominating United States Senator John G. Tower (R-TX) as the next US Secretary of Defense pending Senate confirmation.

*Tuesday, November 30, 1976: United States Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., (I-VA) resigns from office effective December 3rd, therefore giving L. Douglas Wilder seniority when the Democrat is sworn into office as the junior United States Senator from Virginia.

*Rumors swirling about what the Rockefeller Cabinet will be looking like in the next four years. White House Chief of Staff Ann C. Whitman told the White House Press Corps that some Cabinet Secretaries will be replaced via their own personal requests. Speculation around Capitol Hill is that among those rumored to be stepping aside: US Housing & Urban Development Secretary Carla Anderson Hills, US Secretary of the Treasury William Simon, US Ambassador to the United Nations William Scranton, etc.,

*Wednesday, December 1, 1976: Army Lieutenant General Oscar Robles, who took power in a military coup d'etat on January 21, 1975 and took office as the 58th President of the United Mexican States, won a plebiscite election on July 1, 1976 with 99% of the nationwide vote (Robles was the only candidate), was inaugurated inside the Legislative Building.

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*Friday, December 3, 1976: Lawrence Douglas Wilder (D-VA) is sworn into office as the junior United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia by Vice President Holton inside the US Senate chambers succeeding former United States Senator Harry F. Byrd (I-VA), who resigned from office on November 30th in order to give Wilder seniority.

This is a historic moment as there are two African Americans serving concurrently in the United States Senate together: Wilder himself and United States Senator Edward W. Brooke, III (R-MA).

 

[Sergeant Foley]

DETAILS COMING IN: PRESIDENT ROCKEFELLER ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET APPOINTMENTS, FOLLOWING THROUGH ON BIPARTISANSHIP PLEDGES
*Thursday, December 16, 1976: Less than a week before the Christmas holiday break, President Rockefeller made new appointments to his Cabinet and his administration, with some changes along the way and the following included:

*United States Senator Edward W. Brooke, III (R-MA) has been appointed to serve as US Attorney General by President Rockefeller, replacing Edward H. Levi by Spring 1977 pending Senate confirmation. Upon likely confirmation, Brooke will become the third African American to serve in a Presidential Cabinet, the second African American Cabinet Secretary in the Rockefeller administration alongside US Transportation Secretary William Thaddeus Coleman.

*David Rockefeller, the youngest brother of President Rockefeller, who worked on the Americans for Rocky reelection campaign this year and participated in attending some diplomatic goodwill tours in several countries, has been chosen to serve as US Secretary of the Treasury.

*Former US Ambassador to Luxemborg Patricia Roberts Harris, will be named as the new US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, becoming the first African American female to serve in a Presidential Cabinet. Reports state that both United States Senator Jimmy Carter (D-GA) and US Rep. Andrew Young (D-GA) both lobbied hard for Harris' appointment.

*Idaho Governor Cecil Andrus (D) will be named as the next US Secretary of the Interior, replacing the outgoing Thomas S. Kleppe.

*United States Senator John G. Tower (R-TX) will replace outgoing US Defense Secretary William P. Clements, Jr., To honor his years of service at the US Defense Department, President Rockefeller awarded Clements with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on December 9th.

*Outgoing Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans (R), whose third term as Washington's 16th Governor ends on January 12, 1977 after 12 years in the Washington Governor's Mansion, has been named as the new US Ambassador to the United Nations.

*US Rep. Kika De La Garza (D-TX), who has represented Texas' 15th Congressional District since 1965, has been named as the new US Secretary of Agriculture. In 1966, De La Garza became the first congressman from the Texas-Mexico border area to serve on the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group, which promoted dialogue between legislators from the two countries.

*US Ambassador to NATO James Schlesinger has been named to the newly-created position of US Secretary of Energy.

KEY CABINET MEMBERS STAYING PUT:
*US Secretary of State Malcolm Wilson: Wilson plans on preparing for new peace talk negotiations in the Middle East; still working on trying to revive stalled Panama Canal negotiations, but is likely to face stiff, openly hostile opposition form Conservatives in both political parties.

*Director of Central Intelligence George HW Bush will be staying in his current post.

*National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft: Having served in this position under the late President Gerald Ford since 1974, while serving in the United States Air Force (retiring with the rank of Lieutenant General in December 1975), he's continued serving in this position under President Rockefeller.

*US Trade Representative Frederick B. Dent: Dent will be staying in his current position.

*US Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Alan Greenspan will be staying in his position.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

COMING SOON IN CHAPTER 5 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
January 1-19, 1979: Rockefeller's State Visits to Europe, the Carribbean and Latin America

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[Sergeant Foley]

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HEADLINES:

LEGENDARY TEXAS LONGHORNS FOOTBALL HEAD COACH DARRELL ROYAL GETS STORYBOOK ENDING TO COACHING CAREER WITH BLOWOUT WIN AGAINST ARKANSAS IN AUSTIN

Royal being carried off the field by his players following the Longhorns' 57-12 blowout victory over SWC arch-rival Arkanas at Memorial Stadium in downtown Austin, Texas.

*Saturday, December 4, 1976: In what many saw as a storybook ending to one of the greatest coaching careers in the history of College Football, Texas Longhorns Football Head Coach Darrell Royal resigned as the football team's head coach effective immediately following the Longhorns' (7-3-1) 57-12 blowout victory over SWC arch-rival Arkansas which was broadcast on ABC. Royal ends his coaching career with an overall record of (186-58-5) after 26 years; Royal finished (169-45-5) with the Longhorns including 11 Southwestern Conference Championships (1959; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1975) and 3 national championships (1963; 1969; 1970).


BOWL GAME HEADLINES FROM THE 1976 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON
*Independence Bowl (December 13, 1976): McNeese State Cowboys (10-2) defeated Tulsa Golden Hurricane (7-4-1) by a score of 20-16.

*Tangerine Bowl (December 18, 1976): No. 14 Oklahoma State Cowboys (9-3) throttles Brigham Young (9-3) 49-21.

*Liberty Bowl (December 20, 1976): No. 16 Alabama Crimson Tide (9-3) defeated No. 7 UCLA Bruins (9-2-1) in a blowout, 36-6.

*Fiesta Bowl (December 25, 1976): No. 8 Oklahoma Sooners (9-2-1) defeats Wyoming (8-3) in a blowout victory 41-7.

*Gator Bowl (December 27, 1976): No. 15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-3) defeats No. 20 Penn State Nittany Lions (7-5) 20-9.

*Peach Bowl (December 31, 1976): Kentucky Wildcats (8-4) upset No. 19 North Carolina Tar Heels (9-3), shutting the Tar Heels out 21-0.

*Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl (December 31, 1976): No. 13 Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-3-1) rallies from ten points down to defeat No. 9 Texas Tech Red Raiders (10-2) 27-24.

*Sun Bowl (January 2, 1977): No. 10 Texas A&M Aggies (10-2) defeats Florida Gators (8-4) 37-14.

*Orange Bowl (January 1, 1977): No. 11 Ohio State Buckeyes (9-2-1) defeats No. 12 Colorado Buffaloes (8-4) 27-10.

*Rose Bowl (January 1, 1977): No. 3 USC Trojans (11-1) defeats No. 2 Michigan Wolverines (10-2) 14-6.

*Cotton Bowl Classic (January 1, 1977): No. 6 Houston Cougars (10-2) defeats No. 4 Maryland Terrapins (11-1) 30-21.

*Sugar Bowl (January 1, 1977): No. 1 Pittsburgh Panthers (12-0) trounces SEC champion No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs (10-2) 27-3; the Panthers win their 9th national championship in program history (1915, 1916, 1918, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1976).

 

[Sergeant Foley]

(NFL): OAKLAND RAIDERS WIN FIRST SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP IN FRANCHISE HISTORY, COMPLETING BEST RECORD IN THE NFL WITH (16-1) RECORD

*January 9, 1977: Oakland Raiders of the AFC won their first Super Bowl Championship in franchise history, crushing Minnesota Vikings of the NFC during Super Bowl XI 39-14 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

(NBA) BOSTON CELTICS WIN THEIR 13TH NBA CHAMPIONSHIP IN FRANCHISE HISTORY DEFEATING PHOENIX SUNS IN SIX GAMES

*June 6, 1976: Boston Celtics win Game 6 of the 1976 NBA Finals defeating the Phoenix Suns by a score of 87-80, winning their 13th NBA championship in franchise history.

(MLB) CINCINNATI REDS REPEAT AS WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS, SWEEPING NEW YORK YANKEES IN FOUR GAMES OF THE 1976 WORLD SERIES

The 1976 World Series Champions Cincinnati Reds.

*October 21, 1976: Avenging their 1939 and 1961 World Series defeats to the Yankees, the Cincinnati Reds became the only MLB team to sweep teams during the 1976 MLB postseason: defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in three games of the 1976 National League Championship Series (3-0) and defeating the New York Yankees in four games of the 1976 World Series (4-0). In achieving this feat, the Reds are the most recent National League baseball team to win back-to-back World Series championships. Reds catcher Johnny Bench was named World Series Most Valuable Player.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

In the nighttime.....
10:00 PM ARGST, Friday, December 17, 1976
Somewhere in the countryside of a ranch in the Argentine Republic
*******The following installment will be quite lengthy and grisly and graphic. Viewer discretion advised.
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From the perspective of Gabriella Brito:

"It was a Friday night at the guesthouse on the ranch and I had just gotten back from a long week of piles of work, I was tired, so after taking a shower, I went to grab something to drink: it was a glass of water, watched some television before going to bed.

It was close to 10:00 PM ARGST while I was sleeping, I heard some footsteps in the hallway, so I slightly peaked outside to see who was walking in the hallway at this late in the night; Magarita Brito (my cousin) was quietly tiptoeing in the hallway and I noticed she was barefoot and only wearing a towel, which I found quite unusual, so I decided to quietly check things out to follow Magarita and see what she was up to.

Noticing a lead into the right side of the room, I heard something squeaking sounds. "Where is that noise coming from?" I thought because it was only me and Magarita living in the guesthouse.

I continued walking quietly further: my heart was pounding, I was sweating profusely, shaking nervously, but at the same time curious about what the weird squeaking sounds were coming from.

The time was 10:27 PM ARGST when I noticed a large case of steps leading toward a hidden downstairs room, which was considered off limits to nosy folks (because it was one of the so-called private rooms of Magarita's). Taking off my slippers, I calmly walked down the large case of steps towards the secret hidden underground room as I was more curious about what the weird squeaking sounds was all about...... "Trying to figuring out those weird squeaking sounds" I said to myself as I quietly cracked open one of the double doors and noticed a large wooden coffin, which I found quite unusual too because nobody told me anything about it since it was "classified."

All of a sudden, I got a huge and horrible eyeful as I watched Magarita having sex on a bed with an embalmed corpse. And not just any corpse, Magarita was on top of the corpse of "The Old General" ,but couldn't figure out who it was. I gasped and said "What the hell is this cousin?" and tried to run away.....which didn't turn out so well as Magarita got out of the bed, naked and barefoot, chased me down fast, placing her hands on my mouth and the last words I heard was "You're NOT gonna open your mouth you nosy fool, time to shut you up for good" as I felt sharp double injections in the right side of my neck, which resulted in me hemorrhaging fast before falling on the floor.......

Magarita went back to the room to clean up and dress up the embalmed body "Old General" by putting his Army full-dress uniform on him, then placed him on a stretcher before leaving the room.

What would happen to Gabriella next was quite disturbing:

After dragging Gabriella into another area of the guesthouse, this time: putting her inside of those hidden underground tunnels with a sealed, soundproof room. Locking the doors, Magarita checked her cousin's pulse: she couldn't feel anything, "That'll keep you quiet forever!" Magarita smirked as she placed Gabriella on a steel slab; next, she removed all of her clothes from head to toe. Rubbing on Gabriella's naked body, "Time to harvest organs" as she grabbed a scaple, drew large incision in the middle of her back and then proceeded to remove all of Gabriella's skin from head to toe: leaving her skinless.

Then she drew another incision on Gabriella's naked skinless body before removing all of the organs. Once that was done, Magarita then picked up the organs and put them into cooler boxes; she then picked up Gabriella's skin and placed it into a wooden box; she then sewed up her cousin's body afterwards.

It was close to 1:00 AM, Saturday, December 17th when Magarita picked up her dead cousin's naked skinless body and carefully put it back on another steel slab by wheeling it into another room, this one quite larger as Magarita placed Gabriella's naked skinless body onto a large white slab, "Had to keep you quiet forever because of your nosing around" justified Magarita before leaving to take a long shower and going to bed.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

*Friday, December 3, 1976: Democratic National Committee held a closed-door meeting in Washington, DC. Among the topics discussed: Finding areas of fixing where the party went wrong in the 1976 Presidential election; improving the rules in regard to delegates; putting together a 50 State Strategy.

*Sunday, December 5, 1976: The conservative Liberal-Democrats, who ruled Japan for 21 years since 1955, suffered a political setback. An election held in the aftermath of the Lockheed Bribery Scandal, gave them only 249 out of the 511 seats in the lower house of Parliament. Moderate opposition increased representation.

*Tuesday, December 7, 1976: UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim of Austria wins reelection for a second five-year term defeating former Mexican President Luis Echverria Alvarez.

*Thursday, December 9, 1976: Foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) rejected a proposal from the Warsaw Pact Alliance in Eastern Europe that the two opposition military alliances agree not to initiate the use of nuclear weapons and to freeze the membership in the alliances.
US Secretary of State Malcolm Wilson said in a speech to the NATO meeting that it would be dangerous to specify in advance what the West might choose to move from conventional to nuclear weapons in the face of an attack.

*Tuesday, December 14, 1976: The deadlocked Geneva conference on how to achieve majority rule in Rhodesia was adjourned until January. Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith said that he would negotiate with various black delegations during the recess. Britain's Ivor Richard, the presiding officer, said he would use the importance of the conference by visiting Rhodesia and neighboring nations in an effort to persuade the parties moving toward agreement.

*Wednesday, December 15, 1976: Spanish voters gave an overwhelming approval in a nationwide referendum in holding free parliamentary elections in the spring. About 80% of eligible voted and 95% voted in favor of the political reform bills.

*Friday, December 24, 1976: Takeo Fukuda was elected Prime Minister of Japan succeeding Takeo Miki, who stepped down. Fukuda already replaced Miki as leader of the Liberal-Democrats.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

*January 3, 1977: The 95th Congress of the United States begins. Democrats in the US House of Representatives elected Tip O'Neill (D-MA) as Speaker of the US House of Representatives and Republicans elected John Rhodes (R-AZ) as Minority Leader.

*January 4, 1977: Democrats in the United States Senate elect Robert Byrd (D-WV) as Majority Leader while Republicans elect Howard Baker (R-TN) as Minority Leader.

*January 7, 1977: The military government of the Argentine Republic reported that the cost of living rose by 34.75% during 1976 the highest rate of inflation in the South American country's history.

*Wednesday, January 12, 1977: Dixy Lee Ray (D) is inaugurated as Washington's 17th Governor inside the Washington House of Representatives chambers of the Washington State Capitol in Olympia succeeding former Washington Governor Daniel J. Evans (R), who chose not to seek reelection to a fourth term in 1976 after 12 years in the Washington Governor's Mansion.

Evans has been named by President Rockefeller as the next US Ambassador to the United Nations pending Senate confirmation.

*January 16, 1977: The embalmed body of the late three-term Argentine Republic President Juan Domingo Peron was secrerly flown out of the country during a top secret military operation and secretly buried in the Asian Pacific.

*Monday, January 17, 1977: Egyptian government announced substantial price increases on food and other items to take effect the following day. Thousands of students and workers rioted for two days in Cairo and other cities: at least 79 people died before the government rescinded it's order.

*Jay Rockefeller was inaugurated as West Virginia's 29th Governor on the grounds of the West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston. Among those in attendance: President Nelson Rockefeller and his wife, First Lady Happy Rockefeller.

*Tuesday, January 18, 1977: Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announced relaxation of the 19 month old state of emergency as prelude to parliamentary elections in March.

*Severe weather strikes Washington, DC., over the past five days which could effect the originally-planned outdoor Inauguration festivities of President Rockefeller and Vice President Holton at the US Capitol East Front Grounds scheduled for January 20th. White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen confirmed that the Inauguration will still happen, but it'll be modified and held indoors at the Capitol Rotunda.

*Wednesday, January 19, 1977: President Rockefeller pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino known as The Rose to US military servicemen on duty in the Pacific during World War II. Many who urged the pardon argued that D'Aquino's conviction on charges of treason was a miscarriage of justice brought about by postwar anti-Japanese sentiment.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Chapter 5 will be focused on the following installments (which I'll be working on the opening installment of Rocky's 2nd inauguration over the weekend):

*Chapter 5:
1.) Inauguration Day: January 20, 1977
2.) Spring 1977
3.) Summer 1977
4.) Fall 1977
5.) Personal PoV's
6.) 1977 College Football Season headlines
7.) Foreign Policy events
8.) Domestic Policy
9.) 1977 Miss Universe pageant
10.) National and International headlines from Spring 1977
11.) National and International headlines from Summer 1977
12.) National and International headlines from Fall 1977
13.) Personal PoV's from Spring 1977
14.) International PoV's
15.) 1977 Gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia
16.) Personal PoV's from Summer and Fall 1977

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Second Half of Chapter 5:
17.) 1978 State of the Union Address
18.) Spring 1978
19.) 1978 Miss Universe pageant
20.) National and International headlines from Spring 1978
21.) National and International headlines from Summer 1978
22.) Personal PoV's from Spring 1978
23.) Personal PoV's from Summer 1978
24.) 1978 Midterms Headlines
25.) Fall 1978
26.) Personal PoV's from Fall 1978
27.) Election Night Coverage: The 1978 Midterms
28.) Fallout of the 1978 Midterms
29.) National and International headlines from Fall 1978
30.) Spring 1979
31.) Personal PoV's from Spring 1979
32.) National and International headlines from Spring 1979
33.) 1979 State of the Union Address

 

[Sergeant Foley]

COMING SOON IN CHAPTER 5 OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC
Profile on Former US Defense Secretary William P. Clements, Jr., and how he instigated the rise of the Texas Republican Party