Election reforms needed to keep senators at home
Editorial argues election reforms could curb campaign spending and discourage mobility as politicians like George Romney and Eugene McCarthy consider running for Senate outside their home states. It notes shifting voter independence and ticket splitting, recalling Kennedy’s New York switch, and warns reforms may shape future contests.
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George Romney
Michigan
Senate
Utah
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Robert Kennedy
New York
At Home Abroad Jefferson a model for presidents today
Anthony Lewis reflects on Thomas Jefferson as an enduring model of liberty and learning. The piece traces his stance on press freedom, distrust of concentrated power, and commitment to checks and balances, noting his founding of the University of Virginia and his frugal public life. It recounts his long friendship with John Adams, their letters, and their intertwined legacies culminating on July 4, 1826.
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London
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
United States
George III
Washington
University of Virginia
Monticello
George
Spain
John Adams
Adams
Quincy
Mass
Biddeford Saco Formal Wm 1881 to 1962 and staff roles
A clipped masthead listing names and dates for the Biddeford Saco newspaper, including Alta Foster 1891 1971 and W Paul Casavant publisher Charles Sutton editor Gladys Whitehouse president, plus address 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine 04005 and AP republication note and advertising reps.
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Alta W. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Associated Press
Blacklist That Targeted GOP Senators Revealed by Nixon Era Record
Washington report details a secret White House action list of Republican senators deemed recalcitrant by President Nixon. Created by Bob Haldeman, the s list allegedly denied perks, White House dinners, patronage, and tours, updated periodically and circulating privately among top aides. It names Javits Hatfield Case Mathias Schweiker Percy Weicker Goodell and possibly Packwood Saxbe Pearson, with Brooke noted as excluded due to his race.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
White House
Nixon
Bob Haldeman
Xerox
Jacob Javits
N.Y
Mark Hatfield
Ore
Clifford Case
N.J
Charles ‘“‘Mac’’ Mathias
Richard Schweiker
Charles Percy
III
Lowell Weicker
Conn
Charles Goodell
William Packwood
William Saxbe
Ohio
James Pearson
Kans
Massachusetts
Edward Brooke
Brooke
Senate
Congress
Mac's World Those bloomin weeds by DON MACLEAN
The column riffs on plant intellect and weed pulling. anecdotes include Cleve Backster and a gardener named Smollet who claim plants read minds. The writer experiments in his garden and questions if surprising weeds works, noting staff plans for follow up. Microscoops touch on Cold War tensions and cafe society in France.
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Don Maclean
Maclean Institute For Greater Learning
Cleve Backster
New Yorker
You
Backster
Smollet
Omar
Yellow Pages
Childers to lead Ireland as Protestant president seeks unity
Dublin interview with Erskine Childers, now president, outlines ecumenical aims in Ireland. He pledges to support nonpartisan policies, emphasize long term planning and environment, and urges Northern Ireland Catholics and Protestants to engage peacefully. He notes limited presidential powers and calls for shared power in the North as step toward unification.
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C. L. Sulzberger
New York Times News Service
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
I.R.A
Mr. Childers
Phoenix Park
Northern Ireland
Childers
Republic
Douglas Hyde
South
Ulster
Virginia's Viewpoint nears the credit binge era
Virginia Payette discusses consumer debt, inflation, and borrowing behavior in a Bank of New York analysis. She notes rising borrowings tied to durable goods, the role of inflation in anticipatory spending, and how higher wages as inflation continues fuel further borrowing while households accumulate liquid assets.
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Virginia Payette
First National City Bank of New York
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