Nixon resignation - reaction in Peoria, Illinois - 1974-08-08
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[0:19] everything to add to that he could yes
[0:22] his poverty his mother 74 very quickly
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[0:33] as a product of the Midwest Gerald Ford
[0:35] can probably predict how most of his
[0:37] decisions will play here in Peoria but
[0:39] public opinion here remains important as
[0:41] a barometer of sentiment in mid- America
[0:43] and today in Peoria there is a general
[0:45] concern about what effect the events of
[0:47] the past 24 hours will finally have on
[0:49] the country Ron Miller ABC News Peoria
[1:10] the Nixon Administration valued how
[1:12] policy decisions would play here in
[1:13] Poria the town that grew to represent
[1:15] the former president support in the
[1:17] country's Heartland but Peoria's
[1:19] attention is directed to a new president
[1:21] now and in Peoria people gathered around
[1:23] television sets to watch Gerald Ford
[1:25] become the nation's 38th
[1:27] president the editor of the pure star
[1:30] Journal CL Dany thinks recent events
[1:32] will have a sobering effect on the
[1:34] nation well I think that we have done
[1:37] something here that we really don't know
[1:38] the effects of yet and we didn't even
[1:40] care or worry about until the day came
[1:42] FFC driver please go to the back and uh
[1:46] when uh and now it's here and I believe
[1:49] that uh we're going to find out whether
[1:51] we have made any significant change in
[1:53] our system or Not by uh ridding
[1:56] ourselves of a president by the method
[1:58] that we did if you can call it a method
[2:00] it was pretty catches catch
[2:08] can you're running oh yes you are play
[2:11] in Poria 88 Poria Illinois roll one
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[3:42] you he at 9:00 tday
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[4:18] this of Cl is this man
[4:30] hope
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[5:27] renew this Am