Post Watergate laws reshape Democratic hopes in 1976 race
Minnesota Governor Wendell R. Anderson questions his presidential prospects under new campaign finance rules. He says he would not run, yet would like the job, but lacks national recognition and funds. Critics say law changes favor incumbents, hurting Democrats and boosting Ford’s potential successor.
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Minnesota
Wendell R. Anderson
Minneapolis
Wallace
Anderson
Midwest
United States
McGovern
Humphrey
McCarthy
Jackson
Kennedy
Ford
White House
Daniel Ellsberg
Asia
Nixon
Robert McNamara
ARVN
Yankee Brass
America
Dostoievski
Ivan Karamazov
Vietnam
Mary Lincoln Beckwith Reflects on Integration Era 1983
The farm heiress Mary Lincoln Beckwith comments on U S racial policy during 1983 noting support for integration in principle but opposition to forced measures. She recalls Lincoln Isham of Dorset, a great grandchild of Abraham Lincoln who funded Isham Laboratory at Burr & Burton Seminary and cites Bobby Kennedy on the issue.
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Lincoln Isham
Dorset
Miss Beckwith
Abraham Lincoln
Isham Laboratory
Burr & Burton Seminary
Manchester
U.S
Bobby Kennedy
Lincoln Descendant Mary Lincoln Beckwith Dies at Rutland
The 65-year-old Miss Mary Lincoln Beckwith, great granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln, died last week in Rutland Hospital. A life of seclusion on her 1000-acre Vermont farm ended without public note beyond a rare public appearance at the U S S Abraham Lincoln christening in 1960. Her brother Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith survives. he is the last living Lincoln descendant. The family says she preferred farm work to publicity and avoided journalists.
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Abraham Lincoln
U.S.S. Abraham
Lincoln
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Rutland
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith
Washington, D.C
Vermont
Hildene
Miss Beckwith
Manchester
Robert Todd Lincoln
Mary Todd Lincoln
Harvard
Tina Flades audiences at Bennington College theater
Looking Back recalls Tina Flades modern dance reception at Bennington College theater, with lines noting the enthusiastic greeting. Other items mention a near total lunar eclipse visible elsewhere, deer population rise in Bennington County, a Sandgate buck and fawn case, ripe tomatoes by July 4 in a Bennington garden, Bob Rousseau's tryout with the Burlington Cardinals, a birth in Arlington, Scout camp activities, street light approvals on North Bennington Road, and a new X Ray machine at Putnam Memorial Hospital.
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Tina Flades
Bennington College
Bennington School of the Dance
Susie Moulton
Bennington
Herbie Dorion Sr
Herbie
Bob’’ Rousseau
Burlington Cardinals
Brattleboro
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Cyril Hoyt Jr
Arlington
Arlington and Pawlet
Camp Sunrise
Harvey Harbur
Jordan Ulery
Mike Lindsey
Mike Hayden
Central Corp
Bennington Road
US. 7
Hearts and Minds film review stirs deep Vietnam memories
The piece analyzes the documentary Hearts and Minds, detailing scenes of suffering in Vietnam, Westmoreland and McNamara's rationales, and Ellsberg’s critique. It argues the film juxtaposes opposing views without manipulation, urging viewers to reevaluate the era and confront collective past neurosis.
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America
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Richard Nixon
Mary Lincoln Beckwith
By Tim Powers
Whiner
American’ Legion Magazine
Brady
By Rob Woolmington
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Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
South Vietnam
William Westmoreland
Croton
N.Y
Thieu
New York
Sunday Times
Williamstown
Peter Davis
Catamount National Bank
Catamount
North Bennington
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Manchester Center
Pownal
West Dover
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