Mondale Proposes Regional Presidential Primaries Plan
The Pioneer Opinion Page discusses Sen. Walter Mondale's bill to split the nation into six regions for regional primaries on six Tuesdays from late March to mid-June. Regions would hold two week apart elections with dates lottery designated by the FEC, while states keep sovereignty over their own primary rules. Mondale argues the plan could reduce campaigning strain and improve process, but opposes federal crossover voting and stresses state rights remain intact.
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Walter Mondale
Federal Elections Commission
Mondale
Minnesota
North Central
Mr. Mondale
Hoffa hunt farce mocks CBS News con story
The CBS News hoax about locating Jimmy Hoffa in a Key West cement coffin becomes a running joke as The New York Times details the ruse. CBS figures D. Hewitt and Richard Salant confront Friday night embarrassment and consider rerunning old interviews.
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CBS News
Jimmy Hoffa
Key West
Fla
CBS
New York Times
Mike Wallace
Morley Safer
Dan Rather
60 Minutes
America
Don Hewitt
Richard Salant
Salant
Hoffa
Rabin under fire in Labor party over Palestinian stance
In Jerusalem, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin faces sharp criticism from Labor party moderates over his hard line on Palestinian statehood and his leadership style. A party debate highlighted divisions after a West Bank squatters incident and an Israeli air raid in Lebanon that fueled diplomatic strain. Rabin threatened resignation if his handling is not backed.
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Marcus Eliason
Associated Press
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
Labor Party
Rabin
Socialist Labor Party
Israel
Yigal Allon
Jordanian West Bank
Allon
Lebanon
West Bank
CB radio endures as a growing nationwide hobby for all ages
The piece argues CB radio, the citizens band, remains popular beyond red-dotted trucks from the South to the East, fueled by accessible gear and a culture of real-time reports. It notes Linda Ronstadt praising CBs, discusses new FM stations and talk formats, and contrasts CB with TV and hi-fi trends.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Linda Ronstadt
Rubber Duck
Illa-noise National Guard
Strategic Air Command
Rockies
Gibraltar
Probes detail United States domestic spying history
A Senate inquiry outlines COINTELPRO and FBI tactics against political groups including the Communist party and Klan, plus King wiretaps and plans to brief allies. It covers NSA SHAMROCK MINARET mail openings, CIA mail surveillance, black bag operations, and CIA drug tests with the Olson case referenced.
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Cointelpro
FBI
Communist Party
Socialist Workers Party
New Left
Ku Klux Klan
Curtis Smothers
Senate Committee
Bureau
James B. Adams
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr
GOP
Spiro Agnew
NSA
National Security Agency
Shamrock
Truman
CIA
Lew Allen Jr
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Allen
Defense
Melvin Laird
United States
Soviet Union
Army
Frank Olson
Rockefeller Commission
Stock census casts doubt on American shareownership trends
NYSE chair James Needham called the census bad as it shows shareholders slipping to 25.2 million from 30.9 million in 1970 while median age rises to 53 and average portfolio size climbs to 10 050. The piece notes reasons for concern and hints at possible positives about the faster growth of past decades.
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NEW York (Ap
New York Stock Exchange
James Needham
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the Nation
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Moscow Radio
Kans
U.S
King
Robert Kennedy
Schwartz
Dr. King
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Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kennedy
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
White House
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James Angleton
Richard Helms
James Edward Day
Winton Blount
John Mitchell
Business Mirror
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