This Year’s Primary Campaign Should Be The Last
James Kilpatrick argues that the presidential primary system is fatigued and costly. He envisions a five regional primary plan while recounting memorable moments from the 1972 contest and urging a return to party nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kilpatrick
Washington
New Hampshire
Miami
Mike Mansfield
Oregon
Robert Packwood
Jacksonville
George Wallace
Wallace
Allende
Chile
Athens Messenger July 10 1972 issue snapshot
Historic Athens Ohio newspaper page segment listing staff and departments. Publication details include publisher Frederick W Bush and successors Gordon K Bush and G Kenne, editor Charles W Reamer, managing editor Richard R Paynter, and circulation director MW McDargh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G Kenne
Fred W. Weber
MW. McDargh
Athens, Ohio
Ish
Charles W. Reamer
Richard R. Paynter
INDAY
Mystery man in raincoat linked to D N C raid plot
The man in the raincoat code named by raiders organized a seven member team to stage demonstrations in New York in May. After arrests, inquiries focus on the financing of the operation including an $89,000 transfer to Bernard Barker in Miami. A separate note cites a U S drug treatment shortfall among veterans.
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Democratic National Committee
Washington
Miami
New York
Democratic
Bernard
L. Barker
Miami Beach Convention Center
Barker
Republic National Bank of Miami
Mexico City
Peace or War Depends on Public Intelligence Says Carr
The Messenger notes William Carr told National Education Association delegates that peace or war hinges on American intelligence as he urged teachers to mobilize to wage the peace. The report cites a long-ago editorial frame about civic readiness.
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William Carr
National Education Association
Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
James Cope
The Messenger Publishing Co. notice pricing and address
One week published daily except Saturdays member of the Associated Press. Weekdays single copy ten cents. Sunday single copy twenty cents. Delivered by Cartier Daily Sunday D&S. By Mail rates listed for Ohio West Virginia and elsewhere. Entered at Athens Post Office as Second Class Matter Under Act of 1918. Mail to The Messenger Publishing Co. 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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Associated Press
Cartier
D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S
Possessions
Athens
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Tobin and McGovern's Poverty Plan Echoes 1968 Proposals
Yale economist James Tobin, long a pillar of theoretical reform, influenced McGovern's tax and welfare ideas. The piece traces Tobin's role in monetary reform, his 1968 plan for a $750 federal income grant, and the overlap with McGovern's agenda, noting tax shifts onto higher earners and gradual implementation.
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Washington
George McGovern
Miami Beach
Yale Economics
James Tobin
Tobin
Council of Economic Advisers
Walter W. Heller
Heller
Council
Kennedy
Yale
Executive Department
Federal Reserve System
Treasury Department
Douglas Dillon
Free Nations
Tobin-Heller
Business Outlook
Washington Post
McGovern
The
Brookings Institution
Lipset on Jewish Voting Shifts in the 1970s Liberal Era
Seymour Martin Lipset analyzes how the 1970s political shift challenges American Jewish liberal support. He notes tension between Jewish advocacy, civil rights, and economic interests amid evolving Black-Jewish relations, Israel policy, and growing antiwar sentiment shaping a test for the 1972 presidential election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAACP
CORE
The
Urban League
SNCC
Harold Cruse
Israel
United States
McGovern Seen As New Coalition Builder Or Left Goldwater
The analysis weighs George S. McGovern against Barry Goldwater, noting McGovern’s New York primary win and growing delegate support. It contrasts their visions and campaign styles, highlighting McGovern’s grassroots rise, coalition-building aims, and pragmatic approach versus Goldwater’s 1964 nomination strategy and rhetoric.
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Washington
Sen
George S. McGovern
Andrew Jackson
Franklin D Roosevelt
McGovern
New York
Goldwater
Arizona
GOP
South Dakota
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Milwaukee
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California
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Gordon K. Bush
Alan Cranston
Athéns
Hobart Rowen
Yan
LOS Angeles Times
Small Society
Brickman
Boy
I Is
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Mary Jews
Europe
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Oxbury
Boston
Los Angeles
Richard T. Cooper
Franklin Roosevelt
Cliff White
White
George Meany
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