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Richard Nixon Presidential Library
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49
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10/15/1971
Campaign
Memo
From peter Millspaugh to Dick Howard.
RE: Mrs. Betty Lowry. 2pgs.
49
31
10/4/1971
Campaign
Memo
From Richard Howard to Peter Millspaugh.
RE: Mrs. Betty Lowrey. 1pg.
Monday, June 04, 2012
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DOCUMENT WITHDRAWAL RECORD [NIXON PROJECT]
DOCUMENT
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Memo
Millspaugh to Howard
10/15/71
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RE: Lowrey
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Memo
[Due
Howard to Millopaugh
RE. Lowrey
10/4/71
c(nison)
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Memo
Pross to
to
c(nipon)
of call
RE: Mrs. Betty Lowrey
9/27
FILE GROUP TITLE
BOX NUMBER
PETER MILLSPAUGH
/
FOLDER TITLE
Lowrey, Mrs. Betty
RESTRICTION CODES
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E. Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or
B. National security classified information.
financial information.
C. Pending or approved claim that release would violate an individual's
F. Release would disclose investigatory information compiled for law
rights.
enforcement purposes.
D. Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy
G. Withdrawn and return private and personal material.
or a libel of a living person.
H. Withdrawn and returned non-historical material.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
NA FORM 1421 (4-85)
Presidential Materials Review Board
Review on Contested Documents
Collection:
Peter E. Millspaugh
Box Number:
1
Folder:
Lowrey, Mrs. Betty
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October 15, 1971
TO:
Dick Howard
FR OM:
Peter Millspaugh
So that you can begin thinking along with the rest of us
as to how we might be able to finesse this little project,
here is an update on what we have been able to uncover
to date concerning Mrs. Betty Lowrey.
She and her family are constituents of Republican Con-
gressman Clarence Brown. Surprisingly, Brown has had
a number of chats with Mrs. Lowrey since she came to
notoriety, and is in the process now of taking an up-to-
date reading on her for us.
Mrs. Lowrey and her husband are long-time registered
Democrats. Her husband has some disability and she is
the dominant figure in the family. She has two married
children, and, we believe, one hippie-type at home now.
Mrs. Lowrey works at a small newsstand and gives every
impression of running the show at home, as she has for
many years. She is reportedly very bright, quite articulate,
and comes across quite well.
Reportedly, she attained her position as Mrs. Average
American by Union designation. Apparently, the Dayton
Journal Herald approached the leader of the local Machinists
Union, who, in turn, selected Mrs. Lowrey. It's Brown's
feeling the Union would be pretty darn sure this gal was depend-
able before they afforded her any visibility such as would
attend something like this.
Although she apparently doesn't get overly involved in com-
munity and civic activities, she did get drawn into the
Metzenbaum campaign in '70 and worked actively on his be-
half. In this connection, there was a picture of her carried
in Life Magazine with Congressman Brown's opponent in '70.
This is what caught Brown's attention and he apparently paid
her a personal visit on the day before election and had a
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Dick Howard
chat with her. She told him that Metzenbaum had told her
that he would take her to Washington for his inauguration
if he won. Brown in turn suggested that if Metzenbaum
didn't make it that she could come to Washington on him
and he'd roll out the red carpet and make sure she was
treated right. Some months later, Brown was in the district
on a speaking engagement and stopped in again to see Mrs.
Lowrey. As he tells it, he again invited her to Washington
and expected that she would take him up on it before too long.
Brown has never heard anything back from Mrs. Lowrey and
that's where their relationship stands at present.
Brown and I tossed about some ideas with respect to Mrs.
Lowrey concerning possible substantive use of her here on
a board or commission of some sort. Perhaps a participation
in the Phase II plan in some citizen capacity would be a possi-
bility. Congressman Brown is still not convinced of Mrs.
Lowrey's approachability. We plan to discuss this thing again
after he has had a chance to get a fresh reading on her. Sug-
gest we defer action until we see what Brown comes in with.
INDISTANTIVE
USE ?
THE WHITE HOUSE
Only
WASHINGTON
October 4, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR PETER MILLSPAUGH
Any progress yet on Mrs. Betty Lowrey,
the Dayton women, who was chosen by
Scammon and Wattenberg as the average
voter? Has anybody contacted her yet?
What are her feelings and how do we go
about seducing her? (So to Speak)
Dik
W. Richard Howard
puck her up
- in hate v1 prown's
- oppoint smoking her day whom
-
Bean hundred annel, shop., web hiping in son new
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- she said told
her he would Labe her
to Washington
- how who?
- in doubt, votes party
- if Mets. duen't mahe it,
you can com to wash
on me.
- in form late for speech,
work has, mind his
to D.C.
- new had anything
- school Dawnel Hand (Daytor)
Machinist Union mleeted
- would new what when doctint
- liberal phlongles
- summary, leght com am
well, downant in family.
- don't know how she would
react.
MEMORANDUM
OF CALL
TO:
YOU WERE CALLED BY-
YOU WERE VISITED BY-
Charles Ross (Dayton) 513/224-9291
OF (Organization)
Re: Mrs. Betty Lowery
PHONE NO.
PLEASE CALL
CODE/EXT.
WILL CALL AGAIN
IS WAITING TO SEE YOU
RETURNED YOUR CALL
WISHES AN APPOINTMENT
MESSAGE
Both Mr. L. and her husband are long-
time registered Democrats. Way she
was elected: Leadership of the union
her husband belongs to suggested her
name -- but people Ross checked with
say she is an average American house-
wife and doesn't do anything (I resent
that) and is not a community leader and
not active even in community affairs.
Cong. Brown talked w/her about a year
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over
ago and she told him then that she was
a Demo and would probably always
vote a straight Demo ticket -- both
she and her husband.
If you need to discuss this further,
Ross will be available all day.
OE