Inaugural Balls Shrinking as Governors Decline
The editorial notes governors elect across states are skipping or downsizing inaugural balls. Fundraising to retire campaign debts replaces grand social observances. Wendell Anderson Edmund Brown Jr James Longley all cite recession cost and personal style as reasons for no ball before inauguration.
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Minnesota
Wendell Anderson
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Maine
James Longley
Democrats Radically Redefine Quotas in Convention Reform
The piece argues that Democrats in Kansas City abandoned mandatory quotas yet retained an affirmative action rule guiding delegation composition. It claims the party treats race sex and age as key political differences, preserving a quota mindset under another name and shifting burden of proof onto states. The analysis cites Bayh Ranney and cites earlier 1972 policy shifts and subsequent mini convention changes.
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Austin Ranney
University of Wisconsin
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Kansas City
Lincoln
The
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Biddeford Lace Journal listings and staff credits
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W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Associated Press
Mathews-Shannon-Cullen Inc
3Rd Ave
New York City
N. Y
Foggy Bottom cables expose bid for publicity by visiting lawmakers
Washington messages reveal senators Beall Moss Cannon Pearson and others sought press cuttings from Brezhnev after meetings. Frey tried to film narcotics footage abroad but failed. Lisbon menus and Geneva hotel hacks show embassy pressure to trim costs. McClory sought daily expenses for a Taiwan trip despite no committee business.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
U.S
Moscow
State Department
Leonid Brezhnev
Senator Beall
J. Glenn Beal
R-Md
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Beall
Maryland
Howard Cannon
D-Nev
Frank Moss
D-Utah
James Pearson
Kans
Moss
Utah
Far East
Lou Frey Jr
R-Fla
Robert McClory
Taiwan
United States
McClory
Iouse Judiciary
Peter Rodino
D-N.j
U. S
Department
Rep. McClory
Washington scene on intervention and congressional roles
In private Ford gets along with congressional leaders but public policy splits the parties. The piece surveys trade reform, taxes, deregulation, and foreign aid debates, noting risks to detente and NATO from partisan amendments and Turkey Cyprus tensions, with Kissinger and Fulbright urging review of core issues.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
White House
Capital Hill
Business Council
Aflcio
Turkey
Mediterranean
United States
Middle East
Azores
Greece
Cyprus
Makarios
Kissinger
Soviet Union
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
NATO
Vietnam
New York Times
Tears and politics in Nixon era ponding public weeps
A reflective essay traces rare public tears by politicians from Nixon to Muskie and Churchill. It notes Ehrlichman and Colson in Watergate context, questions why tears trigger headlines, and argues tears can mark strong leadership or expose vulnerability depending on the era and audience.
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New York
Jesus
Joan Ehrlichman
Washington
Richard Nixon
Nixon
William Knowland
Eisenhower
Knowland
Whittier College
Edmund Muskie
Manchester Union
New Hampshire
Muskie
McGovern
Ehrlichman
White House
Charles Colson
New England
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Winston
England
Churchill
Letters To The Journal Warn of Sunlight Shield Fragility
A letter warns that ozone thinning from Freon in aerosols could let harmful radiation reach Earth within 20 years. It urges replacing propellants with safer alternatives and avoiding excess aerosols.
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Earth
Leslie Stillwell
Kim Gilden
Kennebunk
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