Faces and quotes from political reporters in 1970s campaign chatter
An interview style piece features Russell Baker discussing what voters want and how experts describe faces and attitudes in the presidential race. It surveys candidates like Nixon era figures, Wallace, Harris, Udall, and Carter, ending with a cheeky note about next week’s comic strips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Oklahoma
Alabama
Fred Harris
Morris Udall
Birch Bayh
Jackson
Ronald Reagan
Regan
Sargent Shriver
Kennedy
Jimmy Carter
Wallace runs a personal government in Alabama
Washington Merry-Go-Round profiles Governor George Wallace at the Alabama capitol, detailing his daily routine, wheelchair life, and hands-on campaign operation. It notes his use of a personal staff, a sizable fundraising machine, and plans to run as a conservative third-party option while pursuing the Democratic nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Montgomery
Ala
George Corley Wallace
Alabama
Statehouse
Wallace
Charles Snider
Jim Grady
Sniders
Snider
Texas
Florida
California
Georgia
Readers respond on Biddeford Pool convent and local issues
Letters praise the Dec 26 piece on Marie Joseph Convent at Biddeford Pool and offer help. A reader seeks details on Civil War veterans in Saco Biddeford and asks for community memory, while others criticize Route 9 winter road conditions affecting school buses and urge city action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie-Joseph
Biddeford Pool
Biddeford
Walter A. Gowen
Iddeford-Saco
Saco- Biddeford
Twin Cities
Jacqueline G. Yuhas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russell Baker
New York Times
Washington
George Wallace
Hubert Evera
Humphrey
Ford
Capitol Hill
Luke
Lisa Mott
Beaver Pond Road
Beverly, Mass
Jay S. Hoard
University of Maine
Farmington
Maine
Michael Comen
Pool Road
Biddeford -Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster Ree
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Brian C. Thayer
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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