Rockefeller's last stand in American politics
Washington columnist chronicles Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York pursuing the 1980s future through the Commission on Critical Choices for America. It notes his past Prospect for America project with Henry Kissinger, campaign-finance limits after Watergate, and his willingness to retire as governor to seek the presidency while insisting elections judge the future, not the past.
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Center For International Studies
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Commission On
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Park Lane
St. Moritz
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White House
Mr. Kissinger
Ford wanted to drop Agnew in 1972
Sperling reports that Gerald Ford and other Republicans quietly sought to replace Spiro Agnew in 1972. They argued Agnew’s abrasive image hurt GOP candidates and lacked presidential stature. Ford favored Rockefeller or others, aiming to prevent Agnew from a 1976 run, while Nixon resisted removing his veep.
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Agnew
Gerald Ford
Spiro Agnew
White House
GOP
National Committee
House
Senate
Hugh Scott
Congress
A Poet Wonders If Beasts If Bears Could Hunt Back
The speaker imagines a world where bears and deer wield weapons and hunt humans. He asks whether such justice would be poetic or bent, concluding with a plea that God avert such a reversal as it is unreal fantasy.
Vermont to Build Permanent Highway Link Bennington Brattleboro
The Vermont Highway Board and federal officials reached a tentative plan to build a permanent highway across nearly all of the 41 miles between Bennington and Brattleboro in the 1934 season, with Wilmington four and a half miles exempt. The Bennington town area will gain from a total $29,000 in public works funds, including $12,000 from the Civil Works Administration and a new $17,000 allotment. E Z Mills Inc. to return to a five day week for over 250 workers.
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Bennington
Brattleboro
Vermont
Wilmington
Civil Works Administration
Chronology of 1942 1946 1965 1971 Key Oct Dates
On this date events include Roosevelt ordering the liquidation of the WPA created in 1935 to aid the unemployed. The United Mine Workers Union is fined 3.5 million for refusing to end a 17 day strike. Gemini 7 launches into a 14 day Earth orbit. India joins East Pakistan in its war with West Pakistan leading to East Pakistan becoming the Republic of Bangladesh.
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WPA
United Mine Works Union
America
India
East Pakistan
West Pakistan
Republic of Bangladesh
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