Harold Handley a defining Indiana governor of the era
Harold W. Handley served as Indiana's 40th governor after 1956 in a period of growth and reform. His leadership fostered a low key sales program, new industries and jobs, improved life quality, and modernization projects like the deep water port, Purdue veterinary school, and downtown Indianapolis revival.
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Indiana
Harold W. Handley
Handley
Hoosierland
Lake Michigan
School of Veterinary Medicine
Purdue University
Indianapolis
West Eighth Street Historic Area Planned in Anderson
Mayor Robert Rock and Thomas Funk spearhead a plan to designate West Eighth Street an historic area. Funk donates land to honor his father Elmo Funk, a longtime Anderson leader who died in 1968. The proposal calls for gas lights and wrought iron fencing, aiming to preserve grand homes and community spirit along the street between Jackson Street and Madison Avenue. Residents are urged to cooperate to make the area a showplace of Central Indiana.
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Robert Rock
West 8Th Street
Anderson
Thomas Funk
Elmo Funk
Mr. Funk
Mr. Rock
Eighth Street
Jackson St
Madison Ave
Mayor Rock
West Eighth Street
Indiana
Wit's End Girdle Satire Ends With A Dead Watch
A party scene reveals a narrator overwhelmed by aging and overworked products. The 1972 Field Enterprises vignette plays with consumer brands such as deodorant cold tablets mouthwash and a watch dying as time winds down. Sonja comments on the humor.
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Sonja
Quotas in Hiring Out, Nixon Order Calls for Merit Rule
Vice President Agnew and President Nixon condemned racial quotas at the Republican National Convention and in a White House memo to federal officials. The AJC cited merit-based selection while acknowledging past discrimination. The piece argues color blind policy benefits all, warns quotas breed new discrimination, and favors individual rights over group quotas.
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Washington
Agnew
Miami Beach
Nixon
White House
American Jewish Committee
AJC
Civil Service Commission
Robert E. Hampton
Men of Goodwill
Nader and the Corvair controversy reexamined in These Times
Thamas Vermillion argues that the Corvair faced unsafe allegations from Ralph Nader whose 1965 critique helped halt GM’s low cost car. The DOT later found 1960 to 1963 Corvairs had no abnormal rollover risk and declared Nader's film performances as biased test footage.
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Ralph Nader
Nader
General Motors
Chevrolet
Federal Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation
DOT
Ennidemn
Transportation Department
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Volkswagen
Communists plead mercy in public opinion court amid Vietnam war clash
Fea argues that bombing dikes is justified to defend South Vietnam and criticizes Communist tactics and public sentiment. He notes Red River floods and dike maintenance, contending Hanoi seeks blame as US explores humane war limits. Copyright 1972 Gen. Fea Corp.
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Jane Fonda
Ramsey Clark
Butchers
Hanoi
Binh Dinh
Saigon
North Vietnam
Cosny
Impostor Agnew at Miami Beach press conference prompts identity doubt
Holmes Alexander reports a post convention press event where an agile athletic imposter posed as Vice President Spiro Agnew. The dialogue covered Vietnam war policy, protestors, Goodell, and China while the real Agnew would likely resist such scrutiny. The piece questions authenticity and notes Agnew's lucid style and restraint.
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Miami Beach
Agnew
Adlai Stevenson
Spiro Agnew
Where To Write Your Legislators
Addresses for U S Senators and Representatives listed with room numbers in the Old Senate Office Building and Longworth and Rayburn buildings in Washington D C 20510 15 20515 20515 20515 20515 20515 20515 20515
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Sen. R. Vance Hartke
Senate
Washington, D. C
Sen
Birch E. Bayh Jr
Washington, D.C
David W. Dennis
Longworth
Washington, DC
Aa Gerace
Elwood H. Hillis
Grant, Tipton
Hamilton Counties
William G. Bray
Rayburn
Hancock County
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