Nixon and Catholic vote in a changing political landscape
Editorial notes Nixon’s cautious stance on Catholic voters as he faces a potential 1972 race against Catholic Democrats Muskie or Kennedy. It cites Kennedy’s 1960 Catholic vote impact, shifts in Catholic allegiance, and Nixon’s strategic outreach including staffing a controversial priest, illustrating how religion and politics intertwine in shaping major party dominance.
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Kennedy
Bailey
Kevin P. Phillips
Nixon
Phillips
John McLaughlin
John O. Pastore
Dr.i
White House
Father McLaughlin
Viet Nam
Noxious litter and the trash of instant cameras
A Friends magazine note warns instant camera film scraps pollute lakes and harm wildlife when discarded. The piece urges carrying scraps in a plastic litter bag to protect landscapes and prevent poisoning, staining, and harm to animals.
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Friends Magazine
Taxation and representation in Congress discussed
An editor notes the long history of taxation and the failure of legislators to serve ordinary citizens. The piece contrasts campaign promises with congressional neglect, highlighting uneven pay, travel at government expense, and the duty to represent the laboring man, farmer, and average citizen.
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United States
Ises
Washington
Congress
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Students Against the Mass Campus Growth at UVA
The piece argues enrollment limits are needed at the University of Virginia to preserve humane campus conditions and high standards. It cites a 84.4 percent student vote favoring a cap and quotes the growth committee urging expansion of education quality within a state system, not overcrowding.
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Jefferson
Behemoth University
Philip Chabot
Virginia
T. S. Eliot
Gen. Fea, Corp
Apollo 15 proves American moon mastery keep flags American
Alice Widener asserts the New York Times and pro Soviet intellectuals seek joint Soviet American lunar exploration after Apollo 15. She argues the mission was a hundred percent American triumph led by U.S. Air Force astronauts, scientists, industry, and taxpayers. The piece rebukes calls to plant Soviet flags and share lunar materials, urging sole American flags until others follow.
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New York City
New York Times
Scott
Irwin
Worden
the Times
Moon
Grissom
White
Chaffee
United States
The
Earth
Soviet Union
C. L. Sulzberger
Iceland
Lenin
Times
Reykjavik
Sulzberger
Comintern
Cy” Sulzberger
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Navy
U.S.A
Watching New York Die in a Welfare Era
Phillips surveys a shrinking tax base, rising welfare rolls, and a decaying New York City. He argues federal aid只 masks systemic mismanagement by Lindsay and local officials, predicting continued urban decline unless revenue and leadership change.
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New York
New York City
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
P.r
City Hall
Manhattan
Iowa
North Carolina
John Lindsay
Gotham
King Features Syndicate
Schlesinger's Moral Foreign Policy Put Under Scrutiny
A critique of Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s Harper's essay argues that his praise for amoral prudence in foreign affairs is weakened by partisan bias. It notes his fixation on morality, questions Maoism and Stalinism as moral categories, and mocks the Kennedy Johnson vs. moralist narrative while urging distinction between prudent and moral policy.
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Schlesinger
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Harper's
Arthur Schlesinger
Kennedy
Soviet Union
World Council of Churches
JFK
Schelsinger
China
Stalinism.” Mr. Schlesinger
Camelot
Walter Lippmann
Lyndon Johnson
Vietnam
Mr. Schlesinger
Johnson
John Kennedy
Professor Schlesinger
Too Much Law Not Enough Order Says Mitchell and Burger
Attorney General John Mitchell and Chief Justice Warren Burger criticize the judiciary for overstepping into making new law and public policy. They warn this trend weakens public confidence and distracts from judging guilt or innocence, highlighting concerns about constitutional drift since the New Deal era.
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John Mitchell
Warren Burger
Mitchell
Supreme Court
Burger
Jefferson
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Connecticut
Eisenhower
Anderson Herald
W. E. Keith
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Herald
Associated Press
seaPois
By Russell Kirk
Alice Widener
By Alice Widener
Phillips’ Survey
By Kevin P. Phillips
Buckley
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