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''' | '''Turning Point -- 1977''', the '''1977 Libertarian 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. | ||
==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 and Panelists== | |||
*[[Linda Abrams]] | |||
*[[Nathaniel Brandon]], Objectivist leader | |||
*[[Karl Bray]], tax activist | |||
*[[Jim Eason]], radio talk show host | |||
*[[Diane Hunter-Smith]] | |||
*[[Ann Jackson]] | |||
*[[Paul Krassner]], editor of [[The Realist]] | |||
*[[Timothy Leary|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]] | |||
*[[Ed 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|RA Childs, Jr]], region 9 | |||
*[[Michael Fieschko]], region 9 (alt?) | |||
==Other Noted Attendees== | |||
*[[John Hospers]] | |||
*[[David Bergland]] | |||
*'''Aron Kay''', pie-throwing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_International_Party Yippie], on a mission to pie Timothy Leary | |||
==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. | |||
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[[Category:Libertarian National Conventions]] | [[Category:Libertarian National Conventions]] | ||