Nation sketch on Ford Reagan rules fight prospects
Kansas City dispatch analyzes the Nixon era style contest over nominating rules. Ford faces a three way bind with a running mate choice seen as risky while Reagan supporters push to require pre selection. The piece weighs Ford’s weakness, Rockefeller tie, and the broader anti Washington mood shaping convention battles.
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Kansas City
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Richard Schweiker
Pennsylvania
White House
Ford
Bennington figures and local deals mark town notes
George H. Plumb asks permission to spend the night in the Armory while Sir Shane Leslie, an Irish-born visitor, is seen in kilts with relatives in Old Bennington. Two historic buildings and a business change hands on Bennington Battle Day as David and Alice Crowell acquire Old Bennington Woodcrafters from Robert E. Nadeau. John B. Rothrock speaks at Rotary about apartheid in South Africa, noting explosive tensions. Local kids win a girls versus boys softball game 15 to 11. Historical milestones include the 1915 Galveston hurricane death toll of 275, Gehrig's 1308th consecutive game in 1933, Watts curfew lift in 1965, and Cyprus split by Turkish invasion in 1974.
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George H. Plumb
Winston Churchill
Bennington
Sir Shane Leslie
Glaslough
County Monaghan
Ireland
Sir Shane
William Travers Jerome
Old Bennington
Robert E. Nadeau
David and
Alice Crowell
Wayne, Pa
Philip L. Jennings
John B. Rothrock
Bennington Free Library
Rotary Club
South Africa
Galveston
Texas
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankee
Watts
Los Angeles
Cyprus
Ford era critique on Watergate Vietnam and elections
The piece argues Ford failed to learn from Watergate and Vietnam with a pardoning stance toward Nixon and weak foreign policy. It asserts his leadership damaged national confidence, inflamed anti-Washington sentiment, and helped Reagan rise. Carter appears more presidential by contrast, while Congress blocked further missteps.
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Richard Nixon
Ford
Vietnam
Angola
Kissinger
America
Congress
U.S
Baseball trip to Fenway with Orioles Palmer in 1976
Dispatch from Friendship Maine recounts a June 28 trip to Fenway Park in Boston for a Red Sox Orioles game. The writer travels four hours by car and subway, notes 29 hits and 20 runs, and shares a chat with a courteous motorman who links his father to Boston Elevated Railway history.
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Boston
Fenway Park
Maine
Baltimores
Palmer
Red Sox
Fenway
Sox
Orioles
Tom
Boston College
Boylston Street
Brighton-Newton-Watertown
Smug view of American business system cited by Economist editor
The American press is described as pleased with the design and broad structure of the U S business system. Critics focus on opaque windows, whitewash to hide faults, and concerns about plumbing quality in an environmentally conscious era, says Tony Thomas of The Economist.
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Tony Thomas
the Economist
Witty quotes from Modern Maturity and Wall Street Journal
The collection features a skeptical quip about blaming others when things fail and a humorous take on vegetarians as people who avoid meat even when they can afford it.
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Tom Wicker
N.Y
Times News Service
John Connally
James Baker
Baker
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Michigan
Harry Truman
United States
Washington
Bennington Theater Guild
Luther R. Graves II
Captain Seaver
Police Department
James S. Dennis
Telephone Company
North Bennington
Rutland
Martin Percey
George Johnson
Charles M. Smith
Howard E. Armstrong
Montpelier
Armstrong
Monticello
Ill
Forrest
Stark Street
Memorial Park
Henry Kissinger
Jimmy Carter
Ford-Kissinger
Soviet Union
Friendship, Maine
Kenmore Station
Dad
Park Street
Watertown
Braves
National
Kenmore
Montreal Metro
Christian Science Publishing Society
Wall Street Journal
Chittenden Trust
FDIC
Chittenden Trust Company
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