McGovern aide wrote alternative defense budget for campaign
John Holum, McGovern's aide and author of the alternative defense budget, studied strategic forces and general purpose forces to craft a credible plan. He worked largely alone, consulting a few experts, to present a conservative, fiscally clear document focused on what remains if Pentagon cuts are adopted. The memo framed defense around social needs and warned against promising vast spending without funding sources.
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McGovern ally John Holum eyes new defense budget role
Lawyer Hampshire will brief the press on January 19 with an alternative defense budget. Holum recalls limited coverage during the campaign and cites McGovern’s antiwar stance as key to his rise. Holum, from a Groton farm, followed family politics and won a Senate race recount by 597 votes in 1962.
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The Athens Messenger Publishing History
The Athens Messenger records its publishing lineage from 1825 with founders and editors including Frederick W. Bush Gordon K. Bush and G Kenne Fred W. Weber along with circulation and advertising directors in Athens Ohio, noting years of leadership and local address.
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New York Schools Start Health Education Courses
Five years after a state law required all New York schools to create drug and health education classes, officials push preventive health efforts aimed at shaping younger generations.
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Prescription for Life frames health education for a new generation
A health education program titled Prescription for Life teaches students about diet and heart disease. It emphasizes practical prevention, exercise, blood pressure monitoring, and understanding life style factors as key to reducing top killers like heart disease and cancer.
McGovern Dilemma Moves Hanoi Toward Nixon or McGovern
The North Vietnamese weigh the McGovern surge against Nixon and bargain options. Hanoi signals cautious analysis via Nhan Dan while Kissinger and Podgorny push a settlement to avoid four more years of distrustful, ongoing war. The outcome hinges on American public opinion and potential pre-election deals.
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How They Voted Ohio Washington June 1923 Roll Calls
A summary of roll call votes in the House and Senate on key measures. Highlights include the failed amendment to bar chauffeur-driven limousines for executive branch staff, the defeated attempt to suspend rules for a 6.7 million grant to the Bicentennial Commission, the adoption of a 29.5 billion revenue sharing bill with closed rules, and Senate actions creating consumer protection agency, foreign service grievance board, and a nationwide day care network. Notable names include Rep. Andrew Jacobs, Rep. Clarence E. Miller, Sen. William B. Saxbe, and Sen. Robert Taft Jr.
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Nixon aims for grand Catholic Protestant coalition to reelect Nixon
The piece argues Nixon's path to victory rests on a grand coalition of urban Catholics suburbanites and Middle South Protestants. It assesses the Big 11 states and notes potential gains from Texas Pennsylvania Michigan and New York while acknowledging California Illinois and Massachusetts as uncertain for 1972.
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