McGovern pledge to Hanoi sparks harsh war debate
Editorial argues McGovern would push unconditional surrender, warning of renewed Southeast Asian bloodshed and urging opposition to his 1972 bid. It questions whether a Hanoi visit would end the war sooner and suggests reelection of Nixon to block the trip.
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Hanoi
Paris
Geneva
George McGovern
California
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Free Nations
United States
Sen. McGovern
McGovern
Richard M. Nixon
South
North
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Laos
Death of Dr. John I. Rinne Revered Lapel Doctor
Funeral tribute to Dr. John I. Rinne of Lapel who served 62 years delivering 3,000 babies and treating residents. He charged 25 cents, later 50 cents, never turning a patient away for inability to pay. He was Madison County coroner 1921-23 and health officer 1925-29, honored by the Indiana State Medical Association in 1960. The town renamed a street Rinne Drive in his memory.
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John I. Rinne
Lapel
Rinne
Dr. Rinne
Lapel High School
Community Hospital
Indiana State Medical Association
Madison County
John Rinne
Locked Doors and Family Privacy in a Modern Home
A mother recalls her children secluding themselves behind locked doors as a family attempts to navigate a phase of adolescence. She muses on privacy, explains the need to discover identity, and humorously contrasts their secrecy with a dinner table reunion. The piece ends with a quip about self discovery and a cryptic note about a missing quarter.
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First National Bank of Manhattan
Rce
Field Enterprises, Inc
Emerging Republican Majority reshapes 1972 race outlook
Kevin P. Phi argues McGovern’s California and New Jersey victories push the Democratic nomination toward a realigned U.S. party system. The piece outlines a four-region GOP pattern, predicts Nixon gains among traditional Democrats, student voters, and some GOP liberals, and flags 1972 as a potential critical election.
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Washington
EFL
George McGovern
California
New Jersey
South
John Mitchell
Newsweek
Senate
Hugh Scott
Baloney
Dixie
Richard Nixon
Middle Atlantic
N.J
Del
Upper Mississippi Valley
Wisc
Iowa
Minn
Ohio- Mississippi Valley
W.va
Ohio
Ind
Illy
Pacific
Calif
Ore
Wash
Alaska
Hawaii
GOP
Massachusetts
New York
Michigan
U.S
McGovern
George Wallace
Nixon
Alabama
Dick Scammon
America
King Features Syndicate
Ignorant Oligarchs of Certification Corner Florida Case
The column laments Florida education certification clerks blocking Robert R. Hurst Jr archaeology of Western Asia from teaching at a community college. His London diploma is deemed insufficient despite peer validation from Yale Oriental Institute and Chicago University, revealing clerks’ gatekeeping over foreign degrees. The piece notes broader state education offices’ control and questions the nation’s pathway in academia.
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Florida
Robert R. Hurst Jr
Hurst
Weill
Western Asia
Institute of Archaeology
University of London
Iran
Arabia
American Institute of Archaeology
American Institute of Iranian Studies
Global wage shifts shrink U.S. pay gap says 1972 feature
Paul Harvey notes converging wage trends as Japan and European producers raise pay, narrowing the U.S. advantage. He cites Japan rising from 29 cents to 1.46 dollars per hour in a decade, Europe and Italy wage growth, and German manufacturers moving to Singapore. If American workers demand more only with higher productivity, the balance of payments could swing within 24 months.
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Brussels
Europe
Japan
United States
Italy
Volkswagen
Detroit
Frankfurt
West Germany
Singapore
Gen
Fea. Corp
Siberia yes Alaska no anti West psychosis pamphlet
Alice Widener argues that anti pollution activists and ecologists fuel an anti West psychosis opposing the Alaska pipeline while backing the Trans Siberia project. She cites Louis Pauwels, European funding, and calls for recognizing the threats to U S energy and Western unity.
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Siberia
Alaska
New York City
Soviet Union
Trans-Siberia
Trans-Alaska
Louis Pauwels
Idiots International
Pauwels
Orwell
Russia
NATO
West
Middle East
Red Lake
Suez
Europe
United States
Nixon
Rome
Sierra Club
Ford Foundation
Center For Law and Social Policy
Washington, D.C
U.S.A
Income redistribution debate targets productive citizens
The piece argues against Sen. George McGovern's plan to redistribute income, proposing laws to reward effort and deter welfare reliance. It contends the proposal would penalize skilled workers and tax the affluent, urging a system that favors saving, employment, and individual initiative.
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George McGovern
D-S.d
Congress
Sen. McGovern
Washington Post
McGovern
Ctive
McGoverns
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