Youth vote key to presidential outcome in 1972
Kenneth Rietz, a Nixon strategist, builds a nationwide operation to mobilize 25 million potential young voters and secure Nixon’s edge. He argues youth turnout could equal or surpass adult participation, shaping the November result while McGovern mobilizes 100,000 volunteers to win the youth vote.
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Kenneth Rietz
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Rietz
N. George NeGovern
McGovern
Tose
Themmittee
Oshkosh
Young Voters
Washington
Janene Forsyth
Jo-Jo Starbuck
O. J. Simpson
White House
National Labor chief calls for a full days work by men
Victor Riesel reports the national union leaders urge a shift from violence to productivity. Marty Ward of the plumbers heads warns 228,000 members to prove value under a two year contract with the National Constructors Assn. Open shop competition, rising union costs, and non union bids push for efficiency, not force. The article notes mass actions and a Norris town protest amid non union labor use and a $600 million plant project in Georgia.
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Memphis
Tenn
Associated General Contractors
Norristown
Building and Construction Union National General
Marty” Ward
Plumbers
National Constructors Assn
NCA
Ward
Georgia
Louisiana
Philadelphia
Texas
Money urged for Rapid City flood victims relief drive
The Sertoma Club Disaster Fund drive in Austin Minnesota continues through Friday to aid Rapid City flood victims. Over $531.24 has been collected. more money is needed. Donations can be sent to banks, Savings & Loan Associations, or Sertoma Box 231 Austin.
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Rapid City
Sertoma Club
Austin Area
Southakota
Austin
Savings & Loan Asiations
Vicims
Mower County
Red Cross
Mower County Fair plans span 60th anniversary
Premium bonds mark the 60th annual Mower County Fair dedicated to American Freedom and Farming for Victory. The Austin event will run August 12 to 16 with all arrangements complete and a focus on the victory program, despite government requests for cancellation.
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Mower County
Austin
Izaak Wallon League
East Side Lake
Roger Svejkovsky
Robert L
Boomer) Nelson
Nelson
George Roope
Robert O. Ulland
Palmer Ulland
Austin Rt. 1
Stanford University
Today in History June 28 1972 AP style recap
On this date in history events span 1778 Monmouth Battle in New Jersey, 1902 Panama Canal sale, 1919 Versailles Treaty, 1945 Lyon captured, plus 1944 Dewey nomination and 1945 Lyon retaken. Notable birthdays: Richard Rodgers 70, William F. Ryan 50. Thought for today ends with proverb about burdens.
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Associated Press
Austria-Hungary
Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Monmouth
N.J
United States
Panama Canal
France
Yugoslavia
Chicago
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Lyon
U.N. General Assembly
Britain
Rhodesia
Hussein of
Jordan
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S. Supreme Court
Richard Rodgers
William F. Ryan
McGovern gains New York to clinch near nomination
In a decisive turn the New York primary boosts George McGovern as Humphrey falters in Michigan and New York. Estimated at about 1,400 delegate votes, McGovern nears nomination with bound and uncommitted supporters aligning for Miami Beach.
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Washington
Nea
George McGovern
New York
Democratic Party
St McGovern
McGovern
George Wallace
Maryland
Michigan
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
California
State Committee
Edmund Muskie
Shirley Chrishlom
New York State
Miami Beach
Chicago
Richard Daley
John Bailey
Connecticut
Kansas
David Hall
Oklahoma
MacGovern
Youth Community Project for Todd Park Improvement
A reader proposes converting Todd Park into a Youth Community Project to engage youths in summer service. She suggests retired men supervise or the Park and Recreation Board assist, to mow grass and clean facilities and improve the park’s appearance.
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the Herald
Todd Park
Park and Recreation Board
Elizabeth Lillie Waltham
Minn
McGovernReligious Appeal Shifts Voting Currents In 1972
The piece argues Roman Catholics in suburbs drift toward McGovern due to concerns on education abortion and Vietnam while Nixon faces church leaders resistant to his Vietnam stance. It notes McGovern's broad religious backing and compares to 1960 Catholic Protestant politics with parochial schooling and blue collar appeals shaping a national election dynamic.
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Vietnam
George McGovern
McGovern
Woodrow Wilson
America
Nixon
White House
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Vatican
Wall Street Journal
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Rtenn
Senate
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National Labor
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Washington, D.C
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W. E. Channing
Americlergyman
2Nd St. N.E
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Edmund E. Smith
Thomas J. Koeck
Ee Er
Bruce Biossat
NY Win
People's Forum
David Poling, D.D
Ohio
Illinois
Kennedy
Mr. Nixon
Los Angeles
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