{"id":2638,"date":"2012-08-15T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2638"},"modified":"2015-01-07T17:32:18","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T22:32:18","slug":"nixon-rally-inside-the-civic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/15\/nixon-rally-inside-the-civic\/","title":{"rendered":"Nixon rally inside the Civic Arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\\\/thedigs\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/15\\\/nixon-rally-inside-the-civic\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:80752127}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 622px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"622\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 622px;\" data-original-width=\"800\" data-original-height=\"622\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/15\/nixon-rally-inside-the-civic\/attachment\/2639\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"796\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"618\"> <img data-attachment-id=\"2639\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8rpjcAhvQ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,993\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Pittsburgh Post-Gazette&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Title: 1968 Nixon Rally\\rSlug: TumblrHTY_1968_Nixon_03.tif\\rThe Digs \\\/ Tumblr\\rDescription: Balloons drop from the ceiling of the Civic Arena as Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon moves down the ally during a rally on Oct. 28, 1968. This is one of approximately 25 images in the folder \\u0022Nixon, Richard -- Visit to Pittsburgh 1968.\\u0022\\rPlace: Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA\\rDate: 1968\\\/10\\\/28\\rRights: Ther Pittsburgh Press\\rCreator: Kent Badger&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1968 Nixon Rally&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Title: 1968 Nixon Rally&lt;br \/&gt; Slug: TumblrHTY_1968_Nixon_03.tif&lt;br \/&gt; The Digs \/ Tumblr&lt;br \/&gt; Description: Balloons drop from the ceiling of the Civic Arena as Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon moves down the ally during a rally on Oct. 28, 1968. This is one of approximately 25 images in the folder &#8220;Nixon, Richard &#8212; Visit to Pittsburgh 1968.&#8221;&lt;br \/&gt; Place: Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA&lt;br \/&gt; Date: 1968\/10\/28&lt;br \/&gt; Rights: Ther Pittsburgh Press&lt;br \/&gt; Creator: Kent Badger&lt;\/p&gt; \" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8rpjcAhvQ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=300%2C232&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8rpjcAhvQ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=800%2C620&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8rpjcAhvQ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?w=796&#038;h=618&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"796\" height=\"618\" data-original-width=\"796\" data-original-height=\"618\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 796px; height: 618px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>In the words of Pittsburgh Press reporter David Nilsson: \u201cAn enthusiastic crowd of some 17,000 cheered the Republican candidate last night while colored balloons cascaded from the domed roof and\u00a0\u2018Sock it to \u2018em, Dick\u2019 signs bobbed up and down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo by Kent Badger, Pittsburgh Press)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Order this photo at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/store.post-gazette.com\/divinity-cart\/item\/P518\/Nixon-rally-inside-the-Civic-Arena\/1.html\"><strong>PG Store<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An enthusiastic crowd of some 17,000 cheered the Republican candidate.<\/p>\n<p><a class='more-link' href='https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/15\/nixon-rally-inside-the-civic\/'>Look at the pictures<span class='screen-reader-text'>Nixon rally inside the Civic Arena<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[948],"tags":[962,971,1211,1009,1037],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m8rpjcAhvQ1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C993&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2628,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/17\/nate-smith-rev-jesse-jackson\/","url_meta":{"origin":2638,"position":0},"title":"Nate Smith, Rev. 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