Primary Confusion and the Cautionary Tale of Riley Bender
The piece recalls Riley Bender winning the 1948 Illinois Republican primary with 324,029 votes while Dewey and Green drew far fewer votes. It argues primaries test weakness more than strength, citing Johnson, Muskie, Roosevelt, Taft, Kefauver, Stevenson, and Dewey to illustrate how convention delegates and media coverage shape nomination outcomes, warning that future primaries may bring surprises and avoid a new Riley Bender.
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Riley Bender
Illinois
Bender
Dwight H. Green
Thomas E. Dewey
Illnois
Johnson
New Hampshire
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Granite State
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Roosevelt
Ohio
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dewey
New York
Nebraska
Harold E. Stassen
Oregon
Stassen
Birthrate Decline Signals Major U.S. Shift
The 1971 birthrate across all races and economic classes fell to near postwar lows despite more women of childbearing age. Experts warn slower population growth could lift the median age into the forties, tilt politics conservative, and redirect funds from schools to pollution control and other priorities. Public actions suggesting a potential demographic reshaping of the 1970s and beyond.
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United States
U.S. S
U.S
Ing
Women in Politics and Public Life in 1972 Debate
A 1972 reflection on Women’s Lib and political power cites Golda Meir, Betty Friedan, and Gloria Steinem. It notes women outnumber men in voters and hold 63 percent of U S jobs yet only 14 percent of top posts. It argues for unity without stifling dissent and highlights adboycott stereotypes and media portrayal.
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Lib
the Nations Women's Political Caucus
National Woman's Party
Washington, D.C
Elect Women
Women’s Rights
Betty Friedan
Women's Right
Gloria Steinem
Movement For Private Profit
MNIZZ
Friedan
Mizz Steinem
Republic
United States
Jackson
Miss
Nixon
China
Forbidden City
Meir
Gen. Fea. Corp
Nixon in Peking Austerity Amid Spectacle and Old Alliances
In 1968 Nixon’s visit to Peking drew sparse crowds and a guarded reception. The piece compares the scenes to earlier political pageantry, noting China’s restraint, Chou En-lai’s diplomacy, and a photographer’s distaste for mass show. It recalls Nixon’s prior pulls in Poland and Paris, framing the visit as restrained, strategic, and politically telling.
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Haile Selassie
Chou Endai
Chou En-lai
Richard Nixon
Poland
Peking
Nixon
Formosa
Hitler
Chou
Albania
Roumania
Wilson
Paris
Napoleon
Ashbrook calls for 20 percent cut in federal payroll
The Federal Diary outlines Rep. John Ashbrook's push for a 20 per cent reduction in federal employment outside defense. It notes payroll values and headcounts since 1962, distinguishing growth by branch and listing agencies likely exempt. It warns of potential exemptions and political pressures from Congress and various departments.
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Washington
John Ashbrook
Ohio
GOP
Ashbrook
Pentagon
Law Enforcement Agence
Legislative Branch
Governent
Congress
Joint Congressional Committee On
Library of Congress
General Accounting Fire
Government Printing Office
Executive Branch
Defense
Justice Department
Treasury
Veterans Administration
Social Security Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S. Postal Service
USPS
Department of the Interior
Comméce
General Services Administration
Panama Canal Co
U.S
State Department
Henry Kissinger
Commission On
Bueau
Animal Industry
Committee On
UDS
Congressman Ashbook
Four Corners
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Permanent Committee
Oliver Wendell Holms
Nixon Sino visit framed as handicap for American leadership
Holmes Alexander analyzes President Nixon’s upcoming trip to China as a difficult diplomatic test. He notes limited press access, bilat eral talks without third parties, and the mismatch of head of state versus one party state power. Nixon faces uncertainties about a possible communique, belt of communications, and potential impacts on world peace.
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Kaneohe
Hawaii
Alexander
Nixon
Ron Ziegler
China
Ziegler
Spot Zeus
Russia
Peking
Associated Press
Rogers
United Sats
Red China
Izvestia
Nixeson
Richard Nixon
Liu Shao-ch’s
Republican Party
Mao Tse-tung
Central Committee
State Council
Chou En-lai
Senate
Wizard
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Literary Prostitutes and the Writer But Not the Word
A Baltimore letter laments literary prostitutes in modern fiction, arguing writers betray craft for money. It cites Tolstoy Eliot and Orwell, defends great authors while condemning perverse sensationalism and four letter prose. It contrasts ethical literature with subhuman trends in contemporary books.
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Baltimore
Kirk
Edmund Fuller
Malcolm Muggeridge
T. S. Eliot
Eliot
Homer
Virgil
Shakespeare
Samuel Johnson
George Orwell
Ilya Ehrenberg
Ehrenberg
Europe
Charlottesville
D. H. Lawrence
Thomas Hardy
Lawrence
Hardy
Gen
Fea, Corp
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Paul Harvey
Golda Meir
Gooding
Idaho
THE
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert & Jackson
Jane Toner
Scott
Charles W. Caughain
Tecel Manenger
Torri
Fone
Rochester
Richguard Nixon
Buckley
Secret Service
Ai Force One
Roger
Mrs. Nixon
Chou Enlai
Wiliam Rogers
Tussaud's
Ime
Pi Bai
Lun
People’s Re Public of
Federal Diary
Holmes Alexander
United States of America
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