Campaign Dialogue and the Public’s Role in Elections
A critic argues presidential campaigns are driven by political managers and media, not voters, urging citizens to reclaim oversight. The piece calls for regular press conferences, unrehearsed Q and A, town halls, and polls used to shape issue focus. It emphasizes accountable campaigning and media scrutiny to reveal candidates' character and governing ability.
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Ford
If Peking and Moscow Should Become Chums Again
A 1975 Christian Science Publishing Society column muses on what if the PRC and USSR reconcile. It weighs balance of power, risks of dual leadership, and potential global shifts while noting current cautious, fragile stability and the value of dialogue for peace.
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Moscow
United States
Central Asia
Manchuria-Siberia
China
Brooklyn Bridge Bluff At City Hall
Observer riffs on New York finance crisis with Mayor Beame as a central figure. It suggests political fraud hysteria around city IOUs and credit, void of actual funds, blaming unions and leaders while mocking the Brooklyn Bridge sales act as a political maneuver.
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Brooklyn Bridge
Beame
Washington
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Abe Beame
Brooklyn Bridge sales pitch in political theatre
A critical column rails at New York’s financing methods and federal fiscal policy as bankers, Rockefeller, and politicians pivot to blame and mock ignorance. It cites Ford and Simon promoting cost cutting while expanding payrolls, arguing the Brooklyn Bridge metaphor captures persistent fiscal gamesmanship.
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Fire damages North Bennington shoe shop on Main Street
Fire at the American Shoe Repairing shop operated by James Furfare on Main Street North Bennington caused about 300 in property damage per owner J Edward White before firefighters subdued the blaze Monday night.
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Twin State Gas and Electric Co
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R. Mears
E. Doyle
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