McGovern credibility questioned over promises and votes
The Buffalo Evening News critique argues George McGovern fails his pledge of candor and integrity. It cites mismatched statements on taxes, inheritance ceilings, corporate rates, and unemployment with his voting record on SST funding and defense cuts.
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George McGovern
Buffalo, N.Y
United States
Fla
McGovern
Philadelphia Inquirer
Congressional Record
America
Senate Appropriations Committee
AFL Cio
George Meany
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Lockheed
Daniel J. Haughton
House Banking and Currency Committee
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Butz in Moscow eyes long term grain deals for USSR
Earl L. Butz visited Moscow last spring with a aim to secure long term grain purchases by the Soviet Union. Soviet officials say soybeans and corn are limited by climate, while U.S. capitalism-driven agriculture is praised as a world food producer. critics offer little opposition.
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Earl L. Butz
Moscow
Ussr
U.S
You Can Run But You Can’t Hide From The Draft
Paul Harvey surveys draft dodgers fleeing to Canada Australia Cuba and Sweden noting exile as a miserable existence. He observes objectors panhandle drift and seek jobs while locals resent outsiders and concludes the United States remains the best overall home despite flaws.
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Canada
Australia
Cuba
Toronto
Angel
Panhandle
Sweden
Voltaire
New Zealand
Melanesian Islands
Switzerland
United States
Ellsberg in the Dock A Moral War Trial Tangle
Daniel Ellsberg leads a publicity heavy defense as he faces 15 counts for theft and mishandling defense documents and conspiring to defraud the United States. The piece frames him as a new age moralist challenging government secrecy amid a televised, public trial.
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Ellsberg
Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Dan Ellsberg
Chicago Seven
United States
Harvard
Nixon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Klaus Fuchs
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Benedict Arnold
Washington
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
McGeorge Bundy
Arthur Schlesinger
Robert McNamara
Murray Kempton
Nixon’s Faith in Politics Faces New Scrutiny
A Washington Post examination notes Nixon avoids citing God in speeches yet faces renewed belief scrutiny from biographers and critics. It highlights his private Quaker faith, the Henderson book The Nixon Theology, and public challenges from McGovern supporters and anti-Nixon clergy groups.
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Nixon
McGovern
God
Washington, D.C
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
Charles Henderson
Father Groppi
Berrigan Brothers
Malcolm Boyd
William Sloane Coffin
Washingon
Revolutionary Army
Holy Cay
Kennedy
John Kennedy
Billy Graham
Phillips Survey By Kevin P Phillips Help the Enemy Washington
Nixon accuses McGovern of aiding the enemy, arguing treason requires war or active help to foes. The column explores constitutional limits, cites past wars, and questions whether McGovern’s statements amount to aid or comfort to North Vietnam. It notes Elisburg espionage and treason penalties depend on wartime status.
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Washington
EFL
Nixon
George McGovern
United States
McGovern
U.S
South Carolina
Saul Friedman
The
Miami Herald
Elisberg
Daniel Elisberg
New York Times
Washington Post
Vietnam
Confessions of a Fortuneteller by Russell Kirk
The essay notes readers seek fortune telling and critiques the practice. Kirk recalls learning Tarot from an old laird, cites gypsy fortunetellers, and discusses telepathy, card focus, and the limits of divination. He warns against malice and urges self-reliance, stressing divination as possibilities not fixed fate.
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Annie Besant
Madame Blavatsky
J. B. Rhine
Duke University
Record on Gold Price and Policy Weighs on Markets
Alice Widener discusses the 1972 London fixing at 62.20 dollars per ounce, the U.S. official price of 38 dollars, and the history of gold policy from 1933 to 1972. The piece analyzes central bank behavior, speculators, and potential future devaluation ahead of a U.S. presidential inauguration.
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New York City
London
Smithsonian Institution
U.S
Europe
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federal Reserve Banks
Congress
Roosevelt
IMF
Committee of Twenty
Paris
Clyde Farnswortt
The
New York Times
Britain
West Germany
France
Belgum
Netherlands
Farnsworth
Zurich
United States
U.S.A
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Tallahassee
Paul Harvey News
Paul Harvey
Harvey
Gen. Fea, Corp
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert £. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Indiene
Herald
Associated Press
Lecal News
AP News
Buckley
Pentagon
Holmes Alexander
Whittaker Chambers
Miami Beach
Churchill
Henderson
Harper & Row, Publishers
Alexander
Phillips Survey
By Kevin P. Phillips
Phillips
By Russell Kirk
Kirk
Alice Widener
By Alice Widener
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