Reagan versus McGovernment In Florida’s Political Climate
In this retirement capital many blame a Congress dominated by Democrats and a liberal caucus for McGovernment policy. The piece contrasts two conservative paths to a new majority, with Reagan arguing the 1972 mandate remains and courting conservative Democrats while challenging Ford’s centrism and warnings about inflation and budget deficits.
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Washington
Ford
Republican Party
Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Louisa May Alcott opposed Concord centennial excess
The 1875 Concord centennial sparked a clash over women’s rights as Louisa May Alcott objected to male dominated planning. She and fellow women petitioned against taxation without representation, protested exclusion from honor roles, and then witnessed a tense parade and ball where women rose to leadership, culminating in a late night reflection on future rights.
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Concord
Mass
Ulysses S. Grant
Louisa May Alcott
Madame Hancock
Louisa
Anna
May
Elizabeth Peabody
Sarah Ripley
United States
Dewey Street resident hurt by rusty nail injury
Robert Oldham of Dewey Street suffers a painful hand injury after falling on a rusty nail Monday noon. The incident occurred as he was nearby, with medical attention sought for the wound.
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Robert Oldham
Dewey Street
On This Date Highlights From Historic Years
In 1918 the Royal Air Force is founded and Britain begins bombing German industrial targets from French bases. In 1931 Verne Jackie Mitchell becomes the first woman to sign with an all male baseball team, joining Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1963 the 114 day New York City newspaper strike ends, the industry’s longest at the time.
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Royal Air Force
Britain
Germany
Verne
Jackie” Mitchell
Chattanooga, Tenn
New York City
Victory for free speech letter to the editor
Nathan Pressman of Ellenville argues that Judge Amos Basel’s ruling upholding free speech for a Socialist Labor Party member distributing leaflets shows the US distinction from Iron Curtain countries. He cites Basel’s oath-bound stance and urges protection of unpopular viewpoints as patriotic.
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Amos Basel
New York City
Socialist Labor Party
SLP
United States
U.S
Basel
Youth and jobs in a restless nation
A Marlboro column riffs on youth culture amid recession and rising college attendance. It lampoons adults blaming youth for economic ills while officials entertain grand plans to block learning. Betty Friedan weighs in on NOW and women’s employment shifts.
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Betty Friedan
NOW
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N.Y
Times News Service
ST. Petersburg, Fla
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King
Florida
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St. Patrick’s Day
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Wallace
Fischetti
Minimanna
Madelon Bedell
N.Y. Times
New York
Lexington
Aackl
New England
Town Hall
Gamalials
President Grant
Dorothy Quincy Hancock
John
Fotrisv Wadelon Bedell
Alcott
Bennington County
Merrill E. Creed
Clayton Benjamin
Arlington
Albany City Hospital
William G. Andrew
Mammy Yokum
North Bennington
Forrest Vadakin
South Shaftsbury
Bennington
Sadie Hawkins
Refuge
Clarence Crosier
Aram Dicranian
Mitch Kahwajy
Gene Pelham
Lucy H. Doane
Berkshire Art Association
Arlington Board of Selectmen
Roaring Branch
East Arlington
Sun Oil Company
Ralph M. Wyman
Main _ Street
Sunoco
Salem, N.Y
SALEM
Fairdale
Earton
Nathan Pressman
Catherine St. Ellenville, N.Y
Beau
Brummell
Burt
By Gretchen Becker
Marlboro
America
Pusef Laike
Summer St
Pittsfield
Gladstone's
Gladstone’s
Burlington
Ey Ee
North Main St
Winooski
Newport
SUCN
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