50 YEARS AGO

November 9, 1972 – It was no surprise that President Nixon will have his “four more years” in the White House. Pollsters predicted a record landslide without precedent in presidential election, and for once they were right. Nixon won 49 of the 50 states, with 521 of 538 electoral votes. They were dead wrong, however, on another prediction — that U.S. Senator Gordon Allott would win handily in his bid for a fourth term. The Colorado senator was defeated by Floyd Haskell, L...