Editorial: Counting The Ballots
Editorial notes Nixon and Agnew won re election on November 7 and electoral votes were counted on December 18. It discusses the electoral college system, past deadlocks in 1801 and 1825, and the 1969 and 1970 debates on direct popular election versus the current method. It mentions Roger L. MacBride's 1968 defection for John Hospers and the concern about big spenders shaping elections under direct election.
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Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
McGovern
Congress
House
House of Representatives
George Wallace
Supreme Court
Wallace
Roger L. MacBride
Virginia
John Hospers
Libertarian Party
Richard Nixon
MacBride
Public outrage over bail in Manhattan steakhouse hold up
A man shot by police and a patron during a Manhattan steakhouse hold up led to outcry over a $500 bail set by Criminal Court Justice Bruce Wright. The appellate court upheld the bail and Justice Harold A. Stevens faced backlash for remarks defending differing interests of police and civilians.
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New York City
Manhattan
Criminal Court
Bruce Wright
Lindsay
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association
Stevens
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan
George Wallace
Samuel Johnson
Nixon era Cabinet shifts redefine federal role
In a 1972 King Features analysis, the Nixon Administration signals a major shift in Cabinet status. It notes reduced turnover, fewer independent constituencies, and emphasis on political and party wings while downgrading departments to curb entrenched bureaucracy. It contrasts with Roosevelt and Truman tenures and cites six Nixon resignations as pivotal.
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U.S
Nixon
U. S
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Harry Woodring
Fdr
Harry Hopkins
Commerce
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Houston
Texas
Francis Biddle
Edward Stettinius
Henry Wallace
Harry S Truman
Dean Acheson
George Marshall
Dwight Eisenhower
Defense
Treasury
Labor
James Hodgson
Peter Peterson
HUD
George Romney
Transportation
John Volpe
Word
Acion
N‘xon
John Foster Dulles
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Fisenhower
Sinclar Weeks
Commerce Department
James P. Mitchell
Martin Durkin
Johnson
Frank Knox
Navy
Henry Stimson
Hoover
John Kennedy
Douglas Dillon
Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
China Eyes Africa Ties as Mobutu Plans Peking Visit
Chinese diplomacy and aid to Africa are under fresh spotlight as Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire heads to Peking. The piece notes Beijing’s growing influence through economic projects like the Tanzania Zambia Railway and arms support to liberation groups, while African leaders seek aid without surrendering independence.
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China
Africa
Mobutu Seso Seko
Republic of
Zaire
Peking
Serfees
Third
Orld
Tanzania
Zambia
Rhodesia
Angola
Mozambique
World Bank
U.S
F. T. Haner
Christian Science Monitor
Federal pay reform eyed to taxeless four year raises
Washington officials push to tie executive salaries to annual civil service raises rather than quadrennial boosts. A nine member blue rib bon panel recommends levels to the President and Congress, with past four year raises triggering large jumps and political risk for incumbents. The gap between upper and middle grades widens as noncareer executives await 1974 salary changes.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon's final mile refusal to quit Vietnam war
Historian notes Nixon faced a painful choice in mid December 1973. He refused to accept a dishonorable cease fire, ordering renewed bombing while insisting never to abandon Saigon and allies. The piece praises his resolve and portrays critics as delaying tactics against peace.
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Washington, D. C
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
State Department
Rogers
Cambodia
Laos
Haig Harbor
Paris
Dr. Kissinger
Saigon
Nixon
Congress
The
Wall Street Journal
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Where To Write Your Legislators
Directory listing Washington offices for Senate and House members. Includes Sen R Vance Hartke Sen Birch Bayh Jr and House members Rep David W Dennis Rep Elwood H Hillis with room numbers and district details for Indiana constituents in parts of Madison Delaware Hancock Henry Grant Tipton counties.
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David W. Dennis
Longworth
Washington, D.C
Medison
Delaware, Hancock and
Henry Counties
Elwood H. Hillis
Madison and
Hamilton Counties
Grant and
Tipton
Look Homeward America Address by Paul Harvey and Nixon Policy
Paul Harvey argues for concentrating on domestic issues as Nixon pledges four more years of full employment with no inflation. He highlights New England’s economic decline, job losses, and shifts toward a service economy, urging a home-front focus and regional recovery alongside national growth.
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America
Nixon
Korea
Vietnam
New England
South
Appalachia
United States
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Boston
Hudson
Chicago
New York
Texas
Louisiana
California
Wright
Gen. Fea. Corp
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Alice Widener
Phillips Survey
William P. Rogers
Witness Labor
Frances Perkins
Interior
Harold Ickes
Henry Morgen
Cordell Hull
James Farley
Homer Cummings
Phillips
Harry Truman
Cabinet
Truman
John Snyder
Jesse Donaldson
John F. Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
Stewart Udall
Orville Freeman
Robert Finch
Finch
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Central African Republic
Ghana
Tunisia
Rep
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Gross
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Marriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Meneger
4Ane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Herald
Associated Press
Holmes Alexander
Alexander
Senate
Sen
R. Vance Hartke
Birch E. Bayh Jr
Paul Harvey News
Paul Harvey
United States of America
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