Polls and Public Opinion The Political Pulse Debate
The piece questions the reliability and influence of political polls in shaping public opinion and election strategy. It cites Converse and Schuman on flawed interpretations, contrasts public and private polls, and notes how polls inform campaigns while risking tainting voter choices.
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Labor Party
Nixon
Philip E. Converse
Howard Schuman
University of Michigan
Michigan
Survey Research Center
Doves
Hawks
Converse
Schuman
Maryland
Marvin Mandel
Sargent Shriver
Mandel
Quote of the Week on Criminal Justice Reform
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover argues for faster judicial processes to reduce the time between crime and disposition in court. He urges stopping concessions to criminals and applying legal remedies to penalize those who break the law rather than those who abide by it.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Press Duty in a Free State
The passage argues that a healthy press questions challenges and scrutinizes government actions to prevent total control over people and their thoughts. It emphasizes that criticism is essential to maintaining democratic accountability and preventing autocratic dominance.
Folklore Quips and Campaign Banter From Indiana Anecdotes
A collection of light anecdotes and quips from a Republican state convention in Indianapolis and other scenes. Includes remarks about mini skirts preventing accidents, a joke about a hotel registration desk, a parrot mockery moment, a National Guard colonel’s death and succession talk, and a quip about aging in marriage.
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Anderson
General Motors
Indianapolis
Claypool Hotel
Traveling troublemakers in Saigon spark debate over peace
Holmes Alexander reports on Senators Hatfield Hughes McGovern and Cranston backing a delegation from the Fellowship of Reconciliation to Saigon to contact dissidents. The piece questions State Department limits and notes antiwar demonstrations in South Vietnam alongside fears of aiding the foe.
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Washington, D.C
Hatfield
Hughes
McGovern
Cranston
Saigon
David Hunter
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Vietnam
Nixon
Hunter
National Council of Churches
Thieu
South Vietnam
Sam Brown
Dorothy Cotton
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Nhat Ch Mai
Buddha
United Buddhist Church
Due
Danang
State Department
Ngo Dinh Diem
Dr. Hunter
America
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
At Wit's End Dinner Table Comedy
A mother vents about a dysfunctional family amid dinner chaos. The narrator laments uninspired cooking as children show little appetite and a husband repeats I dont care. A running gag explores menus and odd dishes ending with a jab at a release agreement tied to prime ribs.
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Colonel Sanders
Lawmakers Addresses Listed
A notice lists U S lawmakers with office rooms in Washington D C. Sen R V Hartke Room 145 Old Senate Office Building Washington D C 20510 Sen Birch E Bayh Jr Room 304 House Rep David W Dennis Room 1729 Longworth Office Building Washington D C 20515 Representing the 10th District including Madison Delaware and Henry counties Rep Richard L Roudebush Room 2452 Rayburn Office Building Representing the 5th District including Tipton and Hamilton counties Rep a G Bray Room meant Office Building Ratroname the th Distry including Hancock County in this area
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Senate
R. Vance Hartke
Washington, D. C
Sen
Birch E. Bayh Jr
HOUSE
David W. Dennis
Longworth
Madison
Delaware
Henry
Richard L. Roudebush
Rayburn
Tipton
Hamilton
A G. Bray
Ratroname
Ict. Inc
Hancock County
Is Uncle Sam a sovereign host in immigration policy
Alice Widener reviews the debate over U S sovereignty to admit or bar foreign visitors. The piece centers on Ernest Mandel and supporters challenging the Justice Department’s right to exclude him, with discussion of 1968 69 events, legal rhetoric, and the Times’ stance.
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New York City
Uncle Sam
Leonard Boudin
National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee
Congress
American Foundation For Social Justice
Radical Socialist Scholars Conference
U.S
Ernest Mandel
la Gauche
the Left
The
Militant
Mandel
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
France
Our
Socialist Scholars
Rutgers University
Justice Department
New York Times
Lloyd Bacon
Town Hall
Town Haj Marxist
Italy
Milan
Federico Fellini
Cuba
Soviet Union
Times
ZIP codes spark debate among readers over mail delays
A columnist recounts readers responses to ZIP code usage and tests mail delivery times. An example compares mailed letters to Mecosta Michigan and to a ZIP code, showing the ZIP addressed letter arriving later. The piece satirically envisions an Anti Automation League and notes New York City’s stance on ZIP code required mail.
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Vietnam
San Antonio
Wiliam R. Walder
Wilder
Mecosta
Michigan
New York City
LaGuardia
Los Angeles
New York
All Gung Ho Against The Other Guy Pollution
Paul Harvey argues against blaming others for pollution and urges careful action by individuals and industry. He cites lead free gas costs, fuel shifts, and industrial backlashes, noting experts disagree and progress is slow yet necessary. He concludes with a Durant quip on self reform.
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Harvey
Detroit
California
Senate
Food and Drug Administration
New York City
Will Durant
Gen. Fea. Corp
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