The Selma Massacre
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With this not active for a few weeks, perhaps it's time to wrap it up and put a bow on it, as Mike and Mike say.
A few more thins to do in what I had, though I'm mostly done.
From, "A History of the American Football league" by ian rappaport
"When Al Davis moved the Sun into Los Angeles in 1973, he also put the Fire in Chicago, as a way to try to get more fans away from the NFl....The Fire and Gengals combined to totally douse the Indiana Hoosiers' very liited success..."
From, "We Gave it The Old College Try," Oct. 8, 1975 Sports Column, Indianapolis Star
"...Several things have doomed pro football in Indianapolis. The Fire were only part of it. Hugh Culverhouse, whom some demonize for the recent announcement that he's moving the team to Tampa, did originally want to put a team there but was prevented because of the Insurrections which...ended in the state of Florida - partly because Super Bowls IV and V in Miami showed that there is lots of money in tourism if you're integrated....There was also the popularity of the nearby Cincinnati Reds' baseball team, the surge inb asketball professionally, and the fact the team jsut never was any good.(1)
"...So, now that they've got Archie Manning they'll be the Buccaneers next year, and get different uniforms - ironically, they'll borrow them from the AFL, as the Los Angeles Sun, after nearly three years, have realized their uniforms don't belong on a football team, so instead Culverhouse's Bucs will have them.(2)...And, with Walter Payton's poularity and that of other black stars, the Bears - who were always the only real fan favorites in Chicago - have caused the Fire to be kicked out after three years, and Al Davis has moved them down to Miami starting next year, to keep the NFl from having a monopoly on the state...
"...It is, then, a fitting epitaph to our football team, that it was brought in to try to compete in Big Ten Country gainst teh Bengals and Browns who had moved to the AFl, and while we didn't succeed, we gve it the old college try. It wasn't quite enough. Maybe we could have made it with a better team. but, as we bid the NFl farewell in a couple months, we want to thank you for allowing us the chance. Many in this region will likely become Bengal fans now, in the North Bear or Lion fans. And, maybe in years to come people will say Indiana is really a basketball state."(3)
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(1) remember this team replaced OTl's Saints
(2) OTL's "creamsicle" uniforms may not have been as bad as the Sun's OTL and TTL magenta ones. What they do to make them more Creamsicle-like is up to the reader
(3) Whither the Colts, you may ask, in 1983? if they do move, ironically(given their loss a decade ago in the Super Bowl) it might be New Orleans, though Phoenix is possible, too, with the Cardinals then moving to New orleans.
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From Rappaport's book...
"...The AFL in 1973 got in step with the NFL, since each had 14 teams, by going to 3 divisions, with Seattle joining the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Suns, and Kansas City Chiefs in one division, and Denver's Broncos joining Cleveland, Cincinnati, Houston, and Pittsburgh in the Central and the Eastconsisting of Miami, Houston, New England, the Jets, and the Bills....O.J. Simpson's Bills won the East the first two years before being supplanted by the Oilers, and while they never won an AFL title so didn't go to the Super Bowl while he was there, their poppularity led to his being more of a star and thus it being more of a shock with what happened later...The AFL adopted a 2nd wild crd team to one-up the NFL after the many teams who were good in 1975...The NFl did the same in 1977..."
A few more thins to do in what I had, though I'm mostly done.
From, "A History of the American Football league" by ian rappaport
"When Al Davis moved the Sun into Los Angeles in 1973, he also put the Fire in Chicago, as a way to try to get more fans away from the NFl....The Fire and Gengals combined to totally douse the Indiana Hoosiers' very liited success..."
From, "We Gave it The Old College Try," Oct. 8, 1975 Sports Column, Indianapolis Star
"...Several things have doomed pro football in Indianapolis. The Fire were only part of it. Hugh Culverhouse, whom some demonize for the recent announcement that he's moving the team to Tampa, did originally want to put a team there but was prevented because of the Insurrections which...ended in the state of Florida - partly because Super Bowls IV and V in Miami showed that there is lots of money in tourism if you're integrated....There was also the popularity of the nearby Cincinnati Reds' baseball team, the surge inb asketball professionally, and the fact the team jsut never was any good.(1)
"...So, now that they've got Archie Manning they'll be the Buccaneers next year, and get different uniforms - ironically, they'll borrow them from the AFL, as the Los Angeles Sun, after nearly three years, have realized their uniforms don't belong on a football team, so instead Culverhouse's Bucs will have them.(2)...And, with Walter Payton's poularity and that of other black stars, the Bears - who were always the only real fan favorites in Chicago - have caused the Fire to be kicked out after three years, and Al Davis has moved them down to Miami starting next year, to keep the NFl from having a monopoly on the state...
"...It is, then, a fitting epitaph to our football team, that it was brought in to try to compete in Big Ten Country gainst teh Bengals and Browns who had moved to the AFl, and while we didn't succeed, we gve it the old college try. It wasn't quite enough. Maybe we could have made it with a better team. but, as we bid the NFl farewell in a couple months, we want to thank you for allowing us the chance. Many in this region will likely become Bengal fans now, in the North Bear or Lion fans. And, maybe in years to come people will say Indiana is really a basketball state."(3)
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(1) remember this team replaced OTl's Saints
(2) OTL's "creamsicle" uniforms may not have been as bad as the Sun's OTL and TTL magenta ones. What they do to make them more Creamsicle-like is up to the reader
(3) Whither the Colts, you may ask, in 1983? if they do move, ironically(given their loss a decade ago in the Super Bowl) it might be New Orleans, though Phoenix is possible, too, with the Cardinals then moving to New orleans.
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From Rappaport's book...
"...The AFL in 1973 got in step with the NFL, since each had 14 teams, by going to 3 divisions, with Seattle joining the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, Los Angeles Suns, and Kansas City Chiefs in one division, and Denver's Broncos joining Cleveland, Cincinnati, Houston, and Pittsburgh in the Central and the Eastconsisting of Miami, Houston, New England, the Jets, and the Bills....O.J. Simpson's Bills won the East the first two years before being supplanted by the Oilers, and while they never won an AFL title so didn't go to the Super Bowl while he was there, their poppularity led to his being more of a star and thus it being more of a shock with what happened later...The AFL adopted a 2nd wild crd team to one-up the NFL after the many teams who were good in 1975...The NFl did the same in 1977..."
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I guess I'll do this since it isn't being done by others;
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 8, 1970:
"Nichelle Nichols is shaken up but otherwise appears to be unhurt after an incident involving the mother of Anissa Jones assaulting her...(1) It occurred on the set of "'Starbase One," and appears to stem from Ms. Nichols' influence on Anissa Jones to leave 'Family Affair' to expand her acting repertoire..."
From "Sometimes the Sky Is Where You Start" by Anissa Jones
"...My mom and dad had been in a very bitter divorce case and custody battle with us. Dad won custody early in 1971, partly becasue of the attack...(2) Dad was very good about allowing Nichelle to mentor me and got my brother and I into some counseling as well, but his health was never very good...he had my brother and I for three years before he died..."(3)
"...Another custody battle started, but this one was one involving Nichelle and my mom. I still struggled, but there wasn't quite as much pain and anger against her as there would have been. Still, I preferred Nichelle, an...the case went to the Supreme Court before it was confirmed what the lower court had said, that Mom had shown in her actions even during the case after Dad died that she wasn't as interested in me as in micromanaging my career and...I was better off making the choice, since I was a teenager by this time; it was decided there would be an age and ability test which would allow children at a certain point to be able to determine where they wanted, or at least to have their voices heard..."(4)
From Nichelle Nichols' autobiography:
"...I had had custody of Anissa and her brother for a while even before their dad died, because he was pretty sick, so the courts had consistently granted me custody int he case with their mom hving visitation...she did just enough to mess thigns up but also had enough leverage to keep it going till we joked that it might actually still be going till Anissa was an adult, though it didn't quite last that long...given when the Supreme Court meets, though, and the appeals process, she was 17 by the time the ruling was announced..."
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(1) Remember that legally "assault" means threat of a physical attack, so if someone else is going to do this they can still do either.
(2) 2-2.5 years earlier than OTL, so the courts apparently saw that he was the better parent but her actions speed this up here.
(3) he may die a short time before OTL, but the stress of the divorce case won't be there so the stress of parenting and probably dealing with an upset ex will be evened out.
(4) Such "best interests" tests were starting to ber used by this time and in some places the child's desires by a certain age are used. This is pretty much just speeding up the process a bit and causing the case to be one studied in law school.
Los Angeles Times, Sept. 8, 1970:
"Nichelle Nichols is shaken up but otherwise appears to be unhurt after an incident involving the mother of Anissa Jones assaulting her...(1) It occurred on the set of "'Starbase One," and appears to stem from Ms. Nichols' influence on Anissa Jones to leave 'Family Affair' to expand her acting repertoire..."
From "Sometimes the Sky Is Where You Start" by Anissa Jones
"...My mom and dad had been in a very bitter divorce case and custody battle with us. Dad won custody early in 1971, partly becasue of the attack...(2) Dad was very good about allowing Nichelle to mentor me and got my brother and I into some counseling as well, but his health was never very good...he had my brother and I for three years before he died..."(3)
"...Another custody battle started, but this one was one involving Nichelle and my mom. I still struggled, but there wasn't quite as much pain and anger against her as there would have been. Still, I preferred Nichelle, an...the case went to the Supreme Court before it was confirmed what the lower court had said, that Mom had shown in her actions even during the case after Dad died that she wasn't as interested in me as in micromanaging my career and...I was better off making the choice, since I was a teenager by this time; it was decided there would be an age and ability test which would allow children at a certain point to be able to determine where they wanted, or at least to have their voices heard..."(4)
From Nichelle Nichols' autobiography:
"...I had had custody of Anissa and her brother for a while even before their dad died, because he was pretty sick, so the courts had consistently granted me custody int he case with their mom hving visitation...she did just enough to mess thigns up but also had enough leverage to keep it going till we joked that it might actually still be going till Anissa was an adult, though it didn't quite last that long...given when the Supreme Court meets, though, and the appeals process, she was 17 by the time the ruling was announced..."
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(1) Remember that legally "assault" means threat of a physical attack, so if someone else is going to do this they can still do either.
(2) 2-2.5 years earlier than OTL, so the courts apparently saw that he was the better parent but her actions speed this up here.
(3) he may die a short time before OTL, but the stress of the divorce case won't be there so the stress of parenting and probably dealing with an upset ex will be evened out.
(4) Such "best interests" tests were starting to ber used by this time and in some places the child's desires by a certain age are used. This is pretty much just speeding up the process a bit and causing the case to be one studied in law school.
From "A History of the American Football League"
"...Al Davis' decision to move to a second wild card game also meant having the AFL seasons tart a week earlier in 1976. He didn't have Chicago anymore, but he had Los Angeles - now in much better uniforms - and he could tweak the NFL's nose in other ways. This was one and combined with his "favorite,' the Raiders, winning Super Bowl IX after failing in Super Bowls II and V, it was a banner year for the legue, forcing the NFL to follow suit. Indeed, there was talk that the NFL wuld also adopt the 2-point conversion, which hadn't been used in a Super Bowl - thankfully hadn't been needed, though Don Shula of the orpoises had called for its adoption nd the Steelers, with a bad kicker in Super Bowl X, had cried for its use every other year, anyway, even though they had beaten the Cowboys...(1) Eventually, some NFL coaches had also begun to enjoy the idea, and that became one of the ways one could tell if a merger was likely, if the NFL woudl agree to allow a 2-point conversion after a touchdown. However, it would hve to wait a little while, because the Redskins signed John Riggins away from the Jets, showing there was still a little stealing of each others' players..."(2)
Speaking of Shula, he had been coaching as a head coach for over 15 years. he had discussed before possibly going to the SEC, though the Troubles meant he declined to do that a few years earlier. Now, he was being courted by the Dolphins, and...he wasn't getting the money he thought he should from the Porpoises - after those three straight Super Bowls he thought he should be paid more and ownership was upset because the last four years he couldn't get over the hump against the Raiders and was losing to them more often than not...it was like a college football rivalry. They gave him some more time, but iafter missing the playoffs twi straight years in 1979 and 1980, he moved to the Miami Dolphins, where he went to 2 straight Super Bowls with Dan Marino in the early to mid-1980s, though Miami's win in 1983 was more about their defense intercepting Jim Plunkett and Marc Wilson a couple times each in Miami with the help of some guys brought over from the NFL, and then Washington just having a really bad game..."(3)
From John Riggins' Hall of Fame induction speech:
"...I bore no hard feeligns against the Jets, the Redskins just offered me more money. I have to admit, though, when we met in that Super Bowl XVII it was really fun, and a great game which we won 23-20, after I completed that long run on 4th and 1 and then our defense kept Richard Todd from getting them into field goal position to tie the score...(4) It was next year's team people sadi was so much better, but we lost 24-9 with the guy they got in a trade with the Patriots sharing MVp honors with Marino..."(5)
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(1) OTL, they played by NFL rules in the Super Bowls before the merger; while this *might* not happen OTL during Super Bowl I the idea of the merger was still so fresh that had they really wanted to, they would have probably alternated years for the first few.
(2) OTL there was some semblance of free agency that then disappeared for quite a while, I don't totally understand what happened there but what's important is, here it's not an issue because players can always jump to the other league if they want.
(3) Yes, notice 1982 is not one of them. Here's why: The Dolphins aren't quite as good and OTL won close games agaisnt the jets, who win those games TTL. That gives them an AFL title game out of the slogfest that was the Orange Bowl in OTL's AFC title game. So...
(4) A nice Super Bowl moment that OTL gave them the lead 20-17 over the Dolphins; the jets' New York Sack Exchange was excellent but often pass rushers like that aren't quite as good agaisnt running attacks, especially not agaisnt Riggins that postseason.
(5) Mike Haynes held out till going to the Raiders OTL, here thigns are different, event he draft is, and he's in Miami so Shula has him all year. The Allen run OTL is replaced by a Marino touchdown toss, and he probably throws 2, with haynes making the interception OTL that Theismann threw for a TD the other way (now called a pick six) just before the half. The blocked punt TD doesn't happen, and likely one other doesn't, so it's just Miami up 14-3 at the half and after a Washington TD grinding it out for 10 more points in a rather boring Super Bowl but not the blowout of OTL. Then, of course, they lose next year to the 49ers.
"...Al Davis' decision to move to a second wild card game also meant having the AFL seasons tart a week earlier in 1976. He didn't have Chicago anymore, but he had Los Angeles - now in much better uniforms - and he could tweak the NFL's nose in other ways. This was one and combined with his "favorite,' the Raiders, winning Super Bowl IX after failing in Super Bowls II and V, it was a banner year for the legue, forcing the NFL to follow suit. Indeed, there was talk that the NFL wuld also adopt the 2-point conversion, which hadn't been used in a Super Bowl - thankfully hadn't been needed, though Don Shula of the orpoises had called for its adoption nd the Steelers, with a bad kicker in Super Bowl X, had cried for its use every other year, anyway, even though they had beaten the Cowboys...(1) Eventually, some NFL coaches had also begun to enjoy the idea, and that became one of the ways one could tell if a merger was likely, if the NFL woudl agree to allow a 2-point conversion after a touchdown. However, it would hve to wait a little while, because the Redskins signed John Riggins away from the Jets, showing there was still a little stealing of each others' players..."(2)
Speaking of Shula, he had been coaching as a head coach for over 15 years. he had discussed before possibly going to the SEC, though the Troubles meant he declined to do that a few years earlier. Now, he was being courted by the Dolphins, and...he wasn't getting the money he thought he should from the Porpoises - after those three straight Super Bowls he thought he should be paid more and ownership was upset because the last four years he couldn't get over the hump against the Raiders and was losing to them more often than not...it was like a college football rivalry. They gave him some more time, but iafter missing the playoffs twi straight years in 1979 and 1980, he moved to the Miami Dolphins, where he went to 2 straight Super Bowls with Dan Marino in the early to mid-1980s, though Miami's win in 1983 was more about their defense intercepting Jim Plunkett and Marc Wilson a couple times each in Miami with the help of some guys brought over from the NFL, and then Washington just having a really bad game..."(3)
From John Riggins' Hall of Fame induction speech:
"...I bore no hard feeligns against the Jets, the Redskins just offered me more money. I have to admit, though, when we met in that Super Bowl XVII it was really fun, and a great game which we won 23-20, after I completed that long run on 4th and 1 and then our defense kept Richard Todd from getting them into field goal position to tie the score...(4) It was next year's team people sadi was so much better, but we lost 24-9 with the guy they got in a trade with the Patriots sharing MVp honors with Marino..."(5)
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(1) OTL, they played by NFL rules in the Super Bowls before the merger; while this *might* not happen OTL during Super Bowl I the idea of the merger was still so fresh that had they really wanted to, they would have probably alternated years for the first few.
(2) OTL there was some semblance of free agency that then disappeared for quite a while, I don't totally understand what happened there but what's important is, here it's not an issue because players can always jump to the other league if they want.
(3) Yes, notice 1982 is not one of them. Here's why: The Dolphins aren't quite as good and OTL won close games agaisnt the jets, who win those games TTL. That gives them an AFL title game out of the slogfest that was the Orange Bowl in OTL's AFC title game. So...
(4) A nice Super Bowl moment that OTL gave them the lead 20-17 over the Dolphins; the jets' New York Sack Exchange was excellent but often pass rushers like that aren't quite as good agaisnt running attacks, especially not agaisnt Riggins that postseason.
(5) Mike Haynes held out till going to the Raiders OTL, here thigns are different, event he draft is, and he's in Miami so Shula has him all year. The Allen run OTL is replaced by a Marino touchdown toss, and he probably throws 2, with haynes making the interception OTL that Theismann threw for a TD the other way (now called a pick six) just before the half. The blocked punt TD doesn't happen, and likely one other doesn't, so it's just Miami up 14-3 at the half and after a Washington TD grinding it out for 10 more points in a rather boring Super Bowl but not the blowout of OTL. Then, of course, they lose next year to the 49ers.
FRom "Sometimes the Sky is Where You Start" by Anissa Jones
"...In 2002, I decided to appear on the reboot of 'Family Affair' on the Family Channel in a bit role in the premiere...(1) So much had changed; a black man was even in the White House for the Republicans.(2)...And, of course, the treatment of child actors was a lot better, I like to think I had something to do with that with how I stood up agaisnt problems when I did...Things changed a lot in the '60s and '70s, and almost all for the better, eventually, though there were some real rough spots and things that could have been done better. I'm proud of our country, though, for what it's become..."
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(1) Those who played Jody and Cissy did, too, so it's likely she would.
(2) because if we don't get that far it might not be known that this is what was planned, so now at least we know it happened, if it wasn't declared before; I can't recall if it was.
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From "A History of the American Football League" by Ian rappaport
"...After all the fuss with Davis trying to add Trump as an owner and expand more, well, that didn't work out as well with his New Jersey Generals, but there was interest in expansion. The NFl even adopted the 2-point conversion in the late 1980s after a string of bad Super Bowls....once they knew they had labor peace, Al DAvis and Paul taglabue had started to become friends, and Davis was getting older, anyway. Without Rozelle to battle, he started to soften, and discussions were held...finally, with the antitrust stuff agreed upon, a quarter century after it might have happened, the leagues began to discuss a merger in earnest, one which would happen in the early to middle 1990s, with realignment as well in some areas as expansion happened..."
"...In 2002, I decided to appear on the reboot of 'Family Affair' on the Family Channel in a bit role in the premiere...(1) So much had changed; a black man was even in the White House for the Republicans.(2)...And, of course, the treatment of child actors was a lot better, I like to think I had something to do with that with how I stood up agaisnt problems when I did...Things changed a lot in the '60s and '70s, and almost all for the better, eventually, though there were some real rough spots and things that could have been done better. I'm proud of our country, though, for what it's become..."
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(1) Those who played Jody and Cissy did, too, so it's likely she would.
(2) because if we don't get that far it might not be known that this is what was planned, so now at least we know it happened, if it wasn't declared before; I can't recall if it was.
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From "A History of the American Football League" by Ian rappaport
"...After all the fuss with Davis trying to add Trump as an owner and expand more, well, that didn't work out as well with his New Jersey Generals, but there was interest in expansion. The NFl even adopted the 2-point conversion in the late 1980s after a string of bad Super Bowls....once they knew they had labor peace, Al DAvis and Paul taglabue had started to become friends, and Davis was getting older, anyway. Without Rozelle to battle, he started to soften, and discussions were held...finally, with the antitrust stuff agreed upon, a quarter century after it might have happened, the leagues began to discuss a merger in earnest, one which would happen in the early to middle 1990s, with realignment as well in some areas as expansion happened..."
November 14, 1969, Santiago...
The night of November 14, 1969 was tense.
Earlier that day, Salvador Allende had officially announced another presidential run, this time, for the 1970-1976 period. Now, he was just thinking.
He had lost 1952, 1958 and 1964, to Ibañez del Campo, Alessandri and Frei.
The memory of 1952 stung. Chile elected a dictator to rule. The man who terrorized Chile during the 1930s. Only one thing did more harm to Chile than Ibañez during the 1930s and that was the massive economical collapse.
Unfortunately, he didn't have the full support of the left. The mistake that he made with Tarapacá apparently convinced the Communist Party to have its own candidate. Probably Neruda.
Fortunately, the right wasn't unified either.
Jorge Prat was running again, after an attempt on 1964.
Sergio Onofre Jarpa was running too.
But the real opponents were two. Jorge Alessandri and Radomiro Tomic.
September of 1970 would see 6 candidates running for president of Chile, if things continued to go as they currently were.
Allende tried to analyze the situation.
Onofre Jarpa would try to pull some of Alessandri's voters. Alessandri would be president, but over 70 if he won. Onofre Jarpa was 20 years younger, so the angle he would try to take wasn't complicated to guess.
Tomic would try to take the support of the voters that elected Frei.
The left had lost a good deal of support after the MIR's attempted assassination of President Frei.
Allende himself was forced to denounce the MIR, because his pacific 'Chilean Way to Socialism' couldn't work with the support of a group that tried to kill the President a year ago.
This would give Tomic much more support. If only Enríquez hadn't approved the damn plan to kill Frei...
Prat could only try to split the vote. At best, he could win Tarapacá and Valparaíso. He could pull Bio Bío to him with luck. The nationalists would rally behind him or Onofre Jarpa. As the descendant of a Chilean hero, the nationalists would go mostly to Prat.
Allende could try to pull the same angle, if he wanted to.
"Salvador!" Allende heard the scream of his wife.
He rushed down the stairs.
"Patria y Libertad. Those madmen are here. They have weapons." Tencha said.
"The security?" He asked.
"All here, sir. We moved back to defend the house." A man said.
"They outnumber us. At least 2 of them for everyone of us." Another one said.
"Get me the AK-47, Tencha. I'll hold them off. Call Carabineros and escape. Take everyone else with you." He said.
This was a foolish hope. He wasn't a man that could fend off those lunatics. He was a doctor. He had taken an oath.
But the security of his family came first and Hippocrates could go screw himself.
A round of fire came through a window.
"The doors of La Moneda are closed for you, commie!" A man said from outside.
With the AK-47 now in his hand, he thought of what to do.
Until Carabineros got here, the only hope was holding them off.
He wanted Chile to reach socialism in a pacific way. It seemed like that group of lunatics known as Patria y Libertad wanted to avoid that, with weapons.
The night of November 14, 1969 was tense.
Earlier that day, Salvador Allende had officially announced another presidential run, this time, for the 1970-1976 period. Now, he was just thinking.
He had lost 1952, 1958 and 1964, to Ibañez del Campo, Alessandri and Frei.
The memory of 1952 stung. Chile elected a dictator to rule. The man who terrorized Chile during the 1930s. Only one thing did more harm to Chile than Ibañez during the 1930s and that was the massive economical collapse.
Unfortunately, he didn't have the full support of the left. The mistake that he made with Tarapacá apparently convinced the Communist Party to have its own candidate. Probably Neruda.
Fortunately, the right wasn't unified either.
Jorge Prat was running again, after an attempt on 1964.
Sergio Onofre Jarpa was running too.
But the real opponents were two. Jorge Alessandri and Radomiro Tomic.
September of 1970 would see 6 candidates running for president of Chile, if things continued to go as they currently were.
Allende tried to analyze the situation.
Onofre Jarpa would try to pull some of Alessandri's voters. Alessandri would be president, but over 70 if he won. Onofre Jarpa was 20 years younger, so the angle he would try to take wasn't complicated to guess.
Tomic would try to take the support of the voters that elected Frei.
The left had lost a good deal of support after the MIR's attempted assassination of President Frei.
Allende himself was forced to denounce the MIR, because his pacific 'Chilean Way to Socialism' couldn't work with the support of a group that tried to kill the President a year ago.
This would give Tomic much more support. If only Enríquez hadn't approved the damn plan to kill Frei...
Prat could only try to split the vote. At best, he could win Tarapacá and Valparaíso. He could pull Bio Bío to him with luck. The nationalists would rally behind him or Onofre Jarpa. As the descendant of a Chilean hero, the nationalists would go mostly to Prat.
Allende could try to pull the same angle, if he wanted to.
"Salvador!" Allende heard the scream of his wife.
He rushed down the stairs.
"Patria y Libertad. Those madmen are here. They have weapons." Tencha said.
"The security?" He asked.
"All here, sir. We moved back to defend the house." A man said.
"They outnumber us. At least 2 of them for everyone of us." Another one said.
"Get me the AK-47, Tencha. I'll hold them off. Call Carabineros and escape. Take everyone else with you." He said.
This was a foolish hope. He wasn't a man that could fend off those lunatics. He was a doctor. He had taken an oath.
But the security of his family came first and Hippocrates could go screw himself.
A round of fire came through a window.
"The doors of La Moneda are closed for you, commie!" A man said from outside.
With the AK-47 now in his hand, he thought of what to do.
Until Carabineros got here, the only hope was holding them off.
He wanted Chile to reach socialism in a pacific way. It seemed like that group of lunatics known as Patria y Libertad wanted to avoid that, with weapons.
From "Covering the Bases, A Baseball Biography," by John Skipper, 2014
"Foreward
If ever a man could be said to have done everything in baseball, even moer than Connie Mack and Branch Rickey, it is Frank Robinson. he was MVp in both leagues, a manager of several teams, and finally in 1993, after Jimmy Carter was succeeded by Bart Giamatti, who died in office and was succeeded by Fay Vincent, Robinson rose to the office of baseball commissioner(1), in hopes of throwing an olive branch to players...former Commissioner Carter had urged the pick, as he'd worked tirelessly to ensure labor peace existed during his three terms, and felt that Robinson was an excellent example of someone who could represent players and management...some even say his present from November of '93 helped pave the way for people to be comfortable with a black President...
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"...Robinson credited Carter for providing the impetus that would later allow his sport to avoid the stigma of a major work stoppage. 'Had he not pushed hard agaisnt the idea of collusion in his final years in office, something which no doubt hurt him quite a bit, and practically forced the owners to make bids on free agents, I don't know what would have happened. I seriously doubt there would hve been as much trust...we held our own in the 1980s while football sort of floundered with the AFL and NFL squabbling yet, and we knew we had to act to make sure we had a fighting chance to be called the #1 sport,' Robinson said after the labor deal was done..."
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(1) He was a league president OTL
(OOC: this puts a bow on my part anyway, hope you had as much fun reading as I had writing)
"Foreward
If ever a man could be said to have done everything in baseball, even moer than Connie Mack and Branch Rickey, it is Frank Robinson. he was MVp in both leagues, a manager of several teams, and finally in 1993, after Jimmy Carter was succeeded by Bart Giamatti, who died in office and was succeeded by Fay Vincent, Robinson rose to the office of baseball commissioner(1), in hopes of throwing an olive branch to players...former Commissioner Carter had urged the pick, as he'd worked tirelessly to ensure labor peace existed during his three terms, and felt that Robinson was an excellent example of someone who could represent players and management...some even say his present from November of '93 helped pave the way for people to be comfortable with a black President...
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"...Robinson credited Carter for providing the impetus that would later allow his sport to avoid the stigma of a major work stoppage. 'Had he not pushed hard agaisnt the idea of collusion in his final years in office, something which no doubt hurt him quite a bit, and practically forced the owners to make bids on free agents, I don't know what would have happened. I seriously doubt there would hve been as much trust...we held our own in the 1980s while football sort of floundered with the AFL and NFL squabbling yet, and we knew we had to act to make sure we had a fighting chance to be called the #1 sport,' Robinson said after the labor deal was done..."
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(1) He was a league president OTL
(OOC: this puts a bow on my part anyway, hope you had as much fun reading as I had writing)
I wanted to say how pleased I was at reading this TL and want to thank all those users who participated to the writing of this story.
I have to say, it takes a special kind of fool to piss off someone who wants to bomb his enemies back to the Stone Age.
I love this TL. It's like demolition derby: mindlessly destructive, but endlessly entertaining.
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