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Old 08-12-14, 07:09 PM   #12
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I was 23 years old at the time. I was in a bar at the now gone Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, known as the site of the Robert Kennedy assasination. I had stoped by one of the shops in the hotel and went to the bar to watch the resignation speech. I remember one ironic note about the broadcast. It was a pool presentation, meaning the same feed went out to all of the TV networks and stations. Nixon finished his speech; the camera shot cut to an external view of the White House. The mikes were still open and there, in the background, was the sound of a D.C. police siren going by...


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