California Delegates Reapportionment Moves Nominating Drama
The credentials panel at the Democratic convention reallocated 151 of California's 271 delegates from McGovern's winner take all bloc. The decision injects suspense into the race, drawing reactions from anti and pro McGovern factions. McGovern angered by the backroom deal, later signaled openness to supporting a nominee chosen by the rules. The final fate rests on convention votes, promising added pizazz to the process.
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McGovern
California
Miami Beach
Iowa
Clif Larson
A Clockwork Sunday T LAST REPORT
A critical piece imagines a future where an omnipotent Big Brother regulates calories. It envisions fat farms, rigid weight charts, and censorship of art and culture to enforce thinness, warning that creative writing should spotlight such controls.
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T. S. Eliot
New York City
Big Brother
Minnesota Democrats Face Fallout From 1972 Platform
Minnesota observers describe the June 10 Democratic Farm Labor platform as devastating to the party’s prospects this fall. The package backed legalization of marijuana, amnesty for draft evaders, and gay marriage, drawing backlash from Gov. Wendell Anderson and party regulars. Heavy opposition in unions and among voters threatens McGovern’s Minnesota campaign and may endanger a congressional seat as grassroots anger grows.
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Ashington
Democratic Party
Minnesota
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
George McGovern
Wendell Anderson
McGovern
South Dakota
Eisenhower
United Automobile Workers Union
Minneapolis
Nixon
Anderson
Earl Craig
Lawrence O’brien
Faculty Incompetents By William V Shannon
EW YORK More students attend college and more money is spent on higher education by parents and society than ever before. But much of this investment may be squandered because many faculties and administrations are intellectually irresponsible and incompetent.
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York
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
Eliot
Cedar Rapids
Barbarians, Robert M Hutchins, and the Great Books
An essay argues that colleges should require intense study across literature science math history philosophy religion music art and social sciences with at least one foreign language. It warns that modern curriculum trends threaten general education, risking a new generation of graduates skilled in rhetoric but ignorant of core disciplines.
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Robert M. Hutchins
McGovern Shakeup Team Grows Around Dutton
In a late campaign push, Fred Dutton emerges as the likely fall overseer for McGovern, bringing analysis, judgment, and high reach across co-managers like Mankiewicz and Hart while others face shifting roles. Brisk credential committee work and security measures shape Miami Beach conventions amid rival plans and protests.
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George McGovern
Fred Dutton
Dutton
Robert F. Kennedy
Ethel
Bobby
McGovern
Frank Mankiewicz
Gary Hart
Richard Nixon
Miami Beach
Community Spirit Shines in Rapid City Flood Aid Plea
In a Cedar Rapids area letter to the editor the writer praises local aid for Rapid City flood victims and urges private donations to the Rapid City Area Disaster Foundation. He notes 1,000+ homeless recipients, tax-deductible gifts, and suggests tourism to Black Hills for economic recovery.
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Rapid City
Rapid City Area Disaster Foundation, Inc
P.O. Box
S.D
Black Hills
South Dakota
Mt. Rushmore
America
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