The Democratic Telethon critique on two party unity
Editorial argues the Democratic National Committee telethon aimed to rally support to salvage the two party system but veered into partisan mockery and delayed action. It questions the timing and tone, noting insults to Republicans and a frame that undermined genuine national unity, concluding the event was entertainment not a unifying appeal.
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ABC
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Republican Party
Telethon
Alan King
John Brown
Congress
Government and industry must ally for progress in 1970s
Paul Harvey argues that government funds spur private R&D, noting that $25 billion has flowed from federal sources in recent years. He cites 1971 figures, warns inflation skews totals, and contrasts military and welfare spending while urging continued federal support for research to keep U.S. technology competitive against global manpower.
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Nixon
R&d
Gen. Fea. Corp
Lost halo of heroism at Miami Beach convention
Washington columnist mocks the 1972 Democratic National Convention at Miami Beach. He argues no single candidate embodies heroism, urging readers to turn in any misplaced heroic halo, and notes McGovern Muskie Humphrey Jackson and Wallace as flawed figures while praising John Saloma and Fred Sontag's book on citizen politics.
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Muskie
New Hampshire
McGovern
Miami Beach
Hubert Humphrey
Creditionals Committee
California
Humphrey
Senate
Eugene McCarthy
Pal Georgie
Jackson
George Wallace
Moscow
John Saloma
Fred Sontag
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Reforming OSHA for small businesses and farmers
Senator Curtis introduces Senate bill 3262 to ease OSHA compliance for small employers and farmers. The proposed reform would exempt firms with under 25 workers, set a phase-in for 25 to 100 workers, require clearer guidance from the Labor Department, and bar penalties if a rule would not improve health and safety. The piece argues current rules are costly and unclear, urging practical, targeted changes.
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Labor Department
Senate
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
Congress
Sen
Curtis
Sen. Curtis
Labor Dept
Mane
OSHA
McGovern’s nominating odds shrink amid voter gap
The piece argues McGovern may be near a delegate majority at Miami Beach but lacks broad voter support and the backing of regular party leaders. It warns alienated bosses could cripple any Democratic ticket, with big cities and Southern states seen as hostile to McGovern’s chances, risking a Nixon victory in November.
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McGovern
California
George McGovern
Miami Beach
White House
Richard Daley
Illinois
New York
Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Humphrey
Wallace
Chicago
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Detroit
Miami
David
Cave
Adullam
Richard Nixon
King Saul
Jerry Rubin
Abbie Hoffman
Phillips Survey Analyzes If Democrats Are Splitting Up
Miami Beach reporting on whether the Democratic Party is facing a historic realignment. The piece compares 1860, 1924, 1948, and 1968 fractures, notes a shrinking center, rising left and right wings, and predicts a possible shift in 1972 with changing Southern, Catholic, and blue collar support. It frames upheaval as the emergence of new governing forces.
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Democratic Party
Miami Beach
KFL
Florida
Andrew Jackson
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Breckinridge
Constitutional Union
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln
U.S
al Queses
Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Iate
McGovern
Democrats
New Deal
Harry Truman
Humphrey
Republican Party
Tve
Woodrow Wilson
Teddy Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Wilson
GOP
Dixie
William Jennings Bryan
Kit Postres Gates
Mandel Ties Put Mankiewicz To Marxist Network
A Brussels Le Soir report claims Frank Mankiewicz aided Ernest Mandel, a Trotskyist leader, and questions his judgment as McGovern’s national political coordinator. It cites Mandel’s 1968 Rutgers speech, Mandel’s 1972 kidnapping-linked violence notes, and contrasting U.S. Supreme Court action on Mandel. The piece raises fears on foreign Marxist imports under McGovern.
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Mankiewicz
Mandel
New York City
Ernest Mandel
Brussels
le Soir
Frank Mankiewicz
George McGovern
U.S
John N. Mitchell
Tom Braden
Mr. Mitchell
Washington Post
Supreme Court
Mitchell
Rutgers University
Supreme Cent
New York Times
the Times
Fourth International
Obduran Sallustro
Fiat
Argentina
Buenos Aires
le Sair
Pierre Franck
Alain Krivine
la Gauche
The
Left
Sallustro
League of Revolutionary Workers
Neese
Ares
U.S.A
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Britain
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United States
Harvey
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Df4ane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Herald
Associated Press
Holmes Alexander
Washington, D.C
Halo
Eve
McCoy
Edmund Muskie
Alexander
Anthony Harrigan
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Kirk
Phillips
Alice Widener
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