How Ford can win Kansas City Convention Guide
A Ford campaign analysis outlines a nine point plan to capitalize on momentum after the convention. It urges a shorter acceptance speech, a bold debate offer, renewed travel, and a focus on portraying Carter as the unknown and the Establishment as the real hurdle. It also emphasizes attacking a Democratic Congress, highlighting Carter’s vulnerabilities, and exploiting Carter’s missteps to gain a late victory.
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Local Circus Bus Draws Crowd at Main Street Stop
A miniature electric circus in a glassed bus at 92 Main Street draws a crowd as a loud speaker hawks the show and two costumed girls offer chewing gum samples. August sales at Looking Back Drysdale Store highlight a fashion collection from I J Fox after Paris work with top designers. Weekend specials at Economical Market include low prices on meats and groceries. County 4 H camp hosts a large chicken barbecue and dairy show under Bennington County Farm Bureau auspices. Corrinne Williams begins as executive secretary for Bennington County Red Cross. Lions and Rotarians clash in pushup scoring for Bennington Little League fundraiser. Sunderland resident Tom Matteson retires from a four-decade garage career. WBTN adds Gregory Rondeau as summer announcer for afternoons. Notable past milestones cite 1955 flight altitude and 1974 Ford Rockefeller nomination.
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Second grade recipes spark comic kitchen chaos in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls Argus Leader features student responses to What is your favorite food and how do you make it which reveal humorous misspellings and odd steps. Entries cover spaghetti apple pie corn on the cob and chocolate pudding with intentional playful errors and imagined methods.
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Ford Chooses Dole as Running Mate Draws Fire
Journalistic commentary critiques President Ford's selection of Bob Dole over stronger alternatives. The piece argues the pick risks party unity, offers limited regional balance, and echoes the 1964 Miller Goldwater dynamics while labeling Ford as an unimaginative candidate. It also notes Dole's lack of foreign or domestic experience and predicts heightened intra party attacks.
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The Older Generation Faces a Shifting World
A reader laments the widening gap between generations as older people resist aging roles while parents and grandparents adapt to new lifestyles. The piece notes role reversals, half-adopted relationships among seniors, grandchildren, and the evolving expectations of retirement and morality across decades.
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