Third parties in 1976 elections shaping ballot access
ERWIN D. CANHAM argues that new election laws block major party defections to third parties, making independent or third party runs unlikely in 1976. He notes states like California and Indiana limit crossovers and cites Storer v. Brown to condemn short term disruptors. He predicts future crisis-driven movements but says 1976 likely not a turning point.
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George Wallace
Alabama
Ronald Reagan
California
Eugene McCarthy
Fred Harris
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan
Nebraska
Oregon
South Dakota
United States
Socialist Party
Communist Party
Prohibition Party
Justice White
Supreme Court
Storer v
Proliferation of presidential pups in the White House
A light column recounts Gerry Ford and family welcoming nine golden retriever puppies at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It imagines the logistics of pets in a third floor White House apartment, mentions Kissinger, Betty Ford, and President Ford joking about keeping or finding homes for the dogs, with playful dialogue and encounters with reporters and officials.
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Gerry Ford
Ford
Liberty
Ron Nessen
Daily News
White House
Fords
Gerry
Betty
Security Council
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
General Grant
East Door
Pennsylvania Avenue
Susan
Kissinger
Egypt
Syria
Russia
India
Israel
Switzerland
Brazil
Dick West Washington
UPI
Washington
Republican Party
Violence in the home and the battered wife problem
A range of views on wife beating as a social issue. experts note batterers span all backgrounds, with categories from alcoholics to bullies. Psychological factors, family history, economic stress, and gender roles drive violence as women describe fluctuating, escalating abuse. Preventive framing calls domestic violence a public issue rather than a private matter.
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Erin Pizzey
Chiswick
Richard J. Gelles
University of Rhode Island
James D. Bannon
Detroit Police Department
Bennington Little League Eyes Town Farm Site
An official reports to town selectmen Tuesday night that the Bennington Little League is interested in using part of Town Farm land as the new site for two playing fields.
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Bennington Little League
Town Selectmen
Selectmen
Lake Hancock inspection and town improvements noted
The Lake Hancock water board held its annual inspection Sunday at the camp on the pond shore in Stamford with several guests present. North Bennington sidewalk work on Main Street cost about 640 dollars to the village. The North Bennington buildings at West and Water streets, once owned by Patrick Perrott, were sold by the Village Improvement Society to William Trombley of Bennington as the best bid.
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Lake Hancock
Board of Water Commissioners
Stamford
North
Bennington
West
Water Streets
Patrick Perrott
Village Improvement Society
William Trombley
Gardening patience vs enthusiasm race explained
The Burlington Free Press notes that in gardening the challenge is balancing physical limit with motivation. The Boston Globe observes that films about gun violence persist as entertainment despite real horrors. The Wall Street Journal claims most financial issues stem from simply not having enough money.
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Arlington
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Wyoming
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National Organization For Women
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French Pyrenees
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Melinda
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Putnam Memorial Hospital
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National Association of
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