Madison County GOP Can't Stand Prosperity
Editorial condemns Madison County Republican leadership for denying loyal members a chance to aid President Nixon’s re election efforts. It argues unity is needed and accuses top leaders of inept maneuvers and factionalism that harmed recent GOP campaigns. The piece urges intercession if local efforts fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankees
Nixon
White House
Indiana
Madison County
GOP
Myron Seybert
Republican Party
Madison County Gop
McGovern Faces Accusations of Double Standard in Fundraising
The piece argues McGovern labels GOP backers as fat cats yet criticizes double standards in his own fundraising. It cites an Associated Press report noting Dow Chemical’s CEO received a large raise while workers face limits, while McGovern seeks large contributions from corporate financiers including Hugh Hefner.
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George McGovern
Nixon
Associated Press
McGovern
White House
Dow Chemical
Hugh Hefner
Playboy Magazine
Hefner
Indiana Leads Nation In Voter Participation In 1968
The Indianapolis News notes Indiana's 70.7 percent turnout in the 1968 election, among the few states over 70 percent and bested only by six rural states. The piece praises Hoosier voluntary civic engagement and criticizes turnout driven by compulsion, framing participation as essential to representative government and self-started by citizens.
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Conference Board
Indiana
Utah
Idaho
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
West Virginia
Illinois
Picking the bones of how Howard Hughes
Paul Harvey surveys Howard Hughes in Las Vegas, noting privacy, legal battles, and a net of fraud and misused funds. He cites the Krupp Ranch case, Wall Street Journal audits, and IRS gaps as Hughes faces losses. The piece contrasts Las Vegas boom with wary locals and hints at ongoing investigations.
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Howard Hughes
J. Paul Getty
Mr. Hughes
Boone Wilson
Las Vegas
Nev
Hughes
The
Wall Street Journal
Hughes Nevada
Could Nixon be defeated by Nixon opponent Nixon analysis
Holmes Alexander offers a speculative piece from Washington noting Nixon’s strengths as a governor and foreign policy mind while outlining three potential routes to defeat: a major scandal alas with Watergate, anarchy from demonstrators led by figures like Angela Davis, or a military setback in Vietnam. The column frames Nixon as unlikely to lose but not certain, and cites internal doubts among reporters. It also includes the preamble to the U S Constitution as context.
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Washington, D. C
San Clemente
Nixon
George McGovern
Richard Nixon
Democratic National Committee
Watergate Hotel
Middle America
Maurice Stans
John Mitchell
Miami Beach
Angela Davis
Herman Kahn
Kahn
Vietnam
U.S
Toops
MacGovern
White House
Red Vietnam
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Yoffe on Long Island Birding and America’s Waste
Major General Avraham Yoffe, director of Israel’s Nature Reserves Authority, joins a bird watch on Montauk Point with Paul Stoutenberg. He cites cleaner practices abroad, notes litter, and urges readers to question politicians on oil, parks, mass transit, and pollution before voting.
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Avraham Yoffe
Nature Reserves Authority of
Israel
Middle East
Africa
Asia
Yoffe
America
Paul
General Yoffe
Holy Land
Holy Land Conservation Fund
The
Register and Tribune Syndicate
Scratch a Tartar and you wound a Russian at heart
The piece recalls Stalin’s forced Tartar deportation from Crimea and the lingering exile of about 300,000 Tartars across Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tadzhikistan. It argues liberation is blocked by Soviet policy, notes Baltic russification, and urges U.S. naval buildup while pressing Brezhnev to allow homecoming and Baltic autonomy.
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Stalin
Black Sea
Asia
China
Africa
Joseph de Maistre
Crimea
Baltic States
Ussr
Baltic
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Brezhnev
United States
Gen. Fea. Corp
The Grand Jury Under Attack and Its enduring role
The piece argues the grand jury, a historic Anglo American institution, faces hostility from activists and critics. It asserts its essential protections of individuals and the public interest, notes variability in state powers, and urges public education and vigilant Courts to safeguard its duties and powers amid political pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York University School of Law
Samuel Popkin
Harvard University
Boston
Mass
Grand Jury
Peter Weiss
Center For Constitutional Rights
Telford Taylor
Columbia School
American Civil Liberties Union
New York City
New York
Virginia
U.S
United States
FBI
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Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert W. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W Laughlin
Herald
AP News
Paul Harvey News
Harvey
IRS
Justice Department
Holmes Alexander
Alexander
United States of America
By Roger Caras
Caras
By Russell Kirk
South Africa
Rhodesia
Soviet Union
Soviet Empire
Lithuania
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