Election Peculiarities and Privacy Debates Highlight Local Vote
The piece notes 17 193 votes in the county council issue and 19 278 in the house race with Precinct 4 favoring the council plan and its opponents. It questions King Hoover era wire taps versus bugging, and invites readers to offer insights on election quirks and privacy.
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Hoover
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Rep
W.J. Bryant
Grady Ballard
Dorn
House of Representatives
Debate on government sale of mailing lists to businesses
The piece argues Congress should ban federal agency sale of names and addresses for marketing. It cites FAA and FCC lists and privacy concerns, then veers into defense of Hoover era FBI leadership and calls for reforms or rotation, noting implications for civil liberties and governance.
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Congress
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Communications Commission
Coast Guard
Internal Revenue Service
New York
Frank Horton
Horton
Leavelle McCampbell High School Named for Local Leader
The Graniteville Company built Leavelle McCampbell High School in 1920 21 and lent facilities rent free to the county before selling them to Aiken County in 1960 for 124 600 paid over years without interest. The campus includes a special education annex a cafeteria gymnatorium and band room. Eleven buses serve 870 pupils with Troy Nobles as principal and T R Campbell as assistant principal.
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Dorothy K. Macdowell
Leavelle McCampbell
Graniteville Company
Graniteville
Aiken County
Troy Nobles
Leavelle McCampbell High School
T. R. Campbell
Political heat fades as voters hold steady after campaign
After elections, wounded and critics claim unfair tactics but returns show no swing in outcome. Sen Muskie and Adlai Stevenson III protested violent ads yet voters remained unmoved. Observers note recent rhetoric echoes past clashes and Nixon Agnew era framing.
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Ed Muskie
Muskie
Maine
Adlai Stevenson III
Illinois
Chicago
Harry
Goldwater
Nixon Agnew
Century of News Beats Shows Voter Restraint in Off Year
A veteran observes that in a heated but chaotic campaign voters still chose the best candidates. The Administration linked itself to crime and pollution while Cambodia and inflation weighed on voters. Democrats appeared weak amid war divisions and policy gaps, yet some races delivered decisive results.
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Nixon
Nixon campaign chaos and the Ashtabula protest clash
Life magazine columnist Hugh Sidey recalls a 1970 rally in Ashtabula Ohio where protests interrupted Nixon speech. Hippies waved cards, mocked the president, and violence followed after a staged scene. The episode is cited as a factor in Republican losses that fall.
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Hugh Sidey
Life Magazine
Ashtabula
Ark
West Urges Unity as South Carolina Chooses Governor
West pledged to unite South Carolina and pursue progress for all. In Columbia he urged a shared future, noting unemployment and budget strains as hurdles, while calling for hard work and patience to heal divisions from a bitter campaign.
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John C. West
South Carolina
Columbia
Wade Hampton
West
From Pessimism to Hope through Grace
Billy Graham argues pessimism and cynicism stem from insincerity and doubt. He says true change comes not from willpower but through the Grace of God and being born again with faith born in the heart.
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G.B
God
Jesus
Christ
Fathey
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