Critical choice awaits GOP in 1976 convention
The article surveys the Republican race for a Ford running mate amid a Northeast Midwest swing-state focus. It discusses the need to avoid Nixon-era ties, seeks a strong campaigner, and weighs candidates including possible governors or relative unknowns against the drive for a balanced ticket with broad appeal.
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Kansas City
Ford
New York City
Maine
Ed Muskie
Minnesota
Fritz Mondale
Jimmy Carter
Midwest
Northeast
Washington
California
Carter
Nelson Rockefeller
Gerald Ford
Great men's wives forgotten widows
The piece argues that the widows of prominent men are often forgotten and proposes recognizing their contributions. It cites Sen. Everett Dirksen and Rep. Fredney Both, and Lady Bird Johnson, noting how the widows aided husbands’ work. It mentions Marion Wade and Lil Wade at Servicemaster, and cites William Roth on widows’ retirement pay and tax issues. It highlights a broader “brain drain” in government and industry when capable women are left behind after a spouse’s death.
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Congress
Illinois
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Rep
Fredney
Ozarks
Lady Bird Johnson
Servicemaster Corporation
Marion Wade
Lil
Servicemaster Board
India
Connallys trial not a clean innocence says jurors
A Kansas City based report details jurors memories of the Connally bribery trial. Most jurors acquitted Connally after deliberations lasting over five hours. Foreman Dennis OToole notes the verdict signaled not guilty based on the case shown.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Kansas City
John Connally
Big John
Connally
George Hart
Dennis O'Toole
White House
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Treasury
Jacobsen
O'Toole
House
Oval Office
Cure may come for cancer but death rate will stay as is
George F. Will discusses demographer Conrad Taeuber's view that eliminating cancer would modestly raise life expectancy. Even with a cancer cure, deaths from heart disease strokes influenza and other old-age killers would rise, leaving overall mortality largely unchanged and health costs potentially not reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Will
Washington
Conrad Taeuber
Kennedy Institute
Taeuber
Neuber
Biddeford Airport Runway Query Letters
A. H. Gower of Biddeford Pool commends a recent Journal piece on the Biddeford Airport and Prudent Investment Co. He questions why a north-south 3000 foot runway was built first given prevailing west winds and asks if a hidden story lies in the original land purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Prudential Investment Co
A. H. Gower
Biddeford Pool
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Paul Harvey
Homer McKee
Delaware
William Roth
United States
John
Foreman O'Toole
Texas
Conally
Evangelist Billy Graham
Jake Jacobsen
Lurie
Saco
Journal
Alfred Read
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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