Republicans buoyed by unity in Miami convention
A Miami Herald page one portrait shows Republicans riding high on Wallace's withdrawal and McGovern's weakness. Nixon benefits from unity, gains among blacks and Catholics, while McGovern muddles. Overconfidence looms as the main risk for a likely Nixon victory.
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George Wallace
George McGovern
Wallace
Nixon
McGovern
Eagleton
Dewey
Truman
Kennedy
Humphrey
Richest leaders favor regulated capitalism amid welfare state views
A Columbia Bureau study titled American Leadership Project found that top leaders across business labor government politics and communications favor activist economics with wage and price controls poverty programs and Keynesian interventionism. Foreign policy ranges between hardliners and doves with broad rejection of socialist economies though most oppose nationalizing large firms.
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Columbia University
Bureau of Applied Social Research
American Leadership Project
National Institute of Mental Health
Allen H. Barton
John Maynard Keynes
The Professionals Onstage as Republicans Promote Competence
A Miami Beach preview frames Nixon and Agnew as the new GOP professionals able to run government. Republicans tout expertise to counter McGovern and aim to shift public perception toward competence, while questions linger about internal divisions and past graft-era associations.
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McGovern
William Ruckelshaus
Rubelshaus
GOP
Bob Dole
Committee
How They Voted on Major Roll Call Votes Aug 7–10
Washington area congressmen are shown on key roll calls in the House and Senate. The House approved a motion to strike out withdrawal language tied to a cease-fire, 228 to 178, with Miller voting against. Another amendment to shift Oct 1 withdrawal to Dec 31 was rejected 109 to 304, Miller again voting against. A conference report on $30.5 billion Labor HEW appropriations passed 240 to 167, Miller voting against. In the Senate, the Labor HEW conference report passed 62 to 22, Saxbe for, Taft against. A no fault car insurance motion failed 49 to 46, Saxbe for, Taft against. A ban on small handguns passed 68 to 25, Saxbe and Taft against.
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Washington
HOUSE
U.S
Indochina
Clarence E. Miller
Lancaster
Charles W. Whalen Jr
Dayton
Miller
Departments of Labor and of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Senate
William B. Saxbe
Robert Taft Jr
Judiciary Committee
Saxbe
Taft
National Rifle Association
Athens Messenger masthead and staff directory
The Athens Messenger lists its publishing history and staff roles. It notes the Messenger Publishing Company location at 43 West Union Street Athens Ohio with founders and publishers including Frederick W Bush Gordon K Bush and G Kenner Bush. It also identifies Fred W Weber as Circulation Director and M W McDargh as Advertising Director.
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Associated Press
D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
Che
Athens Messenger
the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
G. Kenner Bush
Fred W. Weber
M. W. McDargh
Fuel famine spurs Congressional action amid coal shipment delays
The Athens County Democratic Party Central Committee organized for the fall campaign with Joe Richards of Glouster elected president and Michael Collins Jr. of Athens as secretary. State Fuel Administrator Poor cited railroad delays in coal as the major handicap, signaling wider concern over fuel shortages.
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Congress
Athens County
Democratic Party Central Committee
Joe Richards
Glouster
Michael Collins Jr
Athens
Venezia-Giulia
Vatican
Republicans In Good Shape Yet Voting Patterns Remain Unclear
Washington Insight notes that while Republicans appear in good shape, party loyalties are fluid and voting patterns unpredictable. At a Miami Beach GOP event attended by Cabinet members and White House aides, Democrats showed limited attendance, fueling debate over potential 1976 realignments and the influence of personal allegiance on party switches.
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McGovern
California
White House
Tom Eagleton
Sargent Shriver
Miami Beach
Nixon
Chuck Colson
Henry Kissinger
New York
Pennsylvania
New
Sammy Davis
Committee of Democrats
Treasury
John Conally
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Miami
the Athens Messenger
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Sieak
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Richard R. Paynter
Joseph Kraft
Leo Cherne
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