National Convention 1977
Turning Point -- 1977, the 1977 Libertarian Party National Convention was held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco between 12 and 17 July 1977. It had more than 50 events and an estimated attendance of 1500 people.
| Turning Point -- 1977 | |||
| Convention | |||
| Dates: | July 12—17, 1977 | ||
| Location: | San Francisco, California | ||
| Venue: | Sheraton-Palace Hotel | ||
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Staff and Committees
Walter Grinder, platform committee chair
Changes
- The Executive Committee was renamed the National Committee
- The maximum number of regions was increased from 8 to 10
Speakers, Panelists, and Honorees
- Linda Abrams
- David Bergland
- Nathaniel Brandon, Objectivist leader
- Karl Bray, tax activist
- Jim Eason, radio talk show host
- John Hospers
- Diane Hunter-Smith
- Ann Jackson
- Paul Krassner, editor of The Realist
- Dr Timothy Leary, 1960s Guru
- Roger MacBride, 1976 presidential nominee
- John Marks, co-author of The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence
- Eugene McCarthy, independent presidential candidate and opponent of MacBride in 1976
- Tonie Nathan, 1972 vice presidential candidate
- David Nolan
- Ron Paul, former US congressman
- Sharon Pressley
- Earl Ravanel, unofficial shadow Secretary of State
- Murray Rothbard, keynote speaker
- Margo St James, chair of COYOTE
- Robert Anton Wilson
LNC
- David Bergland,chair
- Mary Louise Hanson,vice chair
- Sylvia Sanders,secretary
- Paul Allen,treasurer
- Ed Clark, at large
- Carol Cunningham, at large
- Eric Garris, at large
- John Hildberg, at large
- Charles Koch, at large
- Dick Randolph, at large
- Murray Rothbard, at large
- Bill Evers, regional rep
- RA Childs, Jr, region 9
- Michael Fieschko, region 9 (alt?)
Other Noted Events
- William Westminster distributed a pamphlet entitled ON ACCOUNT OF TYRANNY
- The IRA initially had a table, but was asked to leave after their $10 literature table fee was refunded. Their table had been singled out by a speech by David Nolan.
- Aron Kay, pie-throwing Yippie, was present on a mission to pie Timothy Leary
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References
- Most of the information in this article was found in Against the Wall, volume 5 number 10