Ethnic factors cited in presidential vote study
A forthcoming Simon and Schuster study argues that a key to winning the presidency lies in appealing to ethnic voters. It analyzes 2,000 precincts and 700 elections, detailing turnout shifts among black, Puerto Rican, Jewish, Italian, and Slavic groups and their impact on the six states with 181 electoral votes.
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Don Nixon Tied to Hallamore Homes Stock Stake
Don Nixon obtained 5,000 Hallamore Homes shares on February 29, transferring from Isaac Kraushaar to himself and wife, a move tied to Hallamore’s $4.27 million Air Force subcontract. The Santa Ana Register notes Nixon’s ties to Hallamore amid corporate and contractor scrutiny, with Hallamore denying improper conduct.
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Santa Ana Register
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Hallamore Homes Inc
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Clara J. Nixon
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Building Trades Settlement Reached Between Allied and Laborers Local 43
The union and Allied Construction Interests announced a yearlong wage settlement with a 31 cent per hour increase. The deal, 1.5 percent above last year, follows CISC and Price Commission guidelines and covers only pay under a wage reopener clause. Main contracts run two years. fifteen other trades remain unsettled. Roofers have picketed shops but not job sites. no work stoppage is expected Monday.
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Allied Construction
Last Hue Defenders Parade Amid Shrinking Defenses
Hue volunteers stream through the city past shuttered shops and wary bystanders as 1000 men from teenagers to veterans rally to defend Hue against a near-certain North Vietnamese attack. Capt. Tran Van Tuan leads a diverse force while officials seek more volunteers against a 20,000-weapon pledge.
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Vietnam
Rockets Hit Da Nang Base and Kontum Area
Communist rockets struck the Da Nang air base injuring five Americans and three Vietnamese. A carrier A-7 was downed by a surface to air missile near Dong Hoi, pilot missing. South Vietnamese defense around Pleiku and Kontum saw heavy fighting, with Fire Base 42 attacked and Chu Pao Pass briefly held then lost. Soviet-style artillery and US airstrikes continued near Hue as the offensive persisted.
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U.S
da Nang
North Vietnam
Highlands
Kontum City
Dong Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Kontum
Tnamese
Chu Pao Pass
Chu Pao
Hue
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How Do You Get Women Delegates Chairmen Question
Cedar county Democratic Chairman Don Irey questions how to recruit women as delegates to state conventions. The issue arises after Linn county delegate Bev Mitchell challenged gender ratios at several districts. Irey invites Mitchell to speak at the Cedar county meeting and says reforms may not be working as intended.
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Frank Nye Tipton
Cedar County
Democratic
Don Irey
Irey
Bev Mitchell
Linn County
Des Moines
Cedar’s
Democratic Central
Secone
Monticello
Ames
Airport crowd sorted by gender in odd classification request
At Johannesburg International airport the public address system invites female passengers to the left gate and males to the right while those unsure are told to go to the information counter for classification. The note hints at a third way not many choose.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Johannesburg International
Wallace Leading in North Carolina Primary
Alabama Governor George Wallace held a solid lead in North Carolina's presidential preference primary with 53 percent of precincts reporting. Wallace had 224,195 votes (50 percent) to Terry Sanford's 168,414 (38 percent) and Shirley Chisholm's 34,035 (8 percent). Turnout was high as over half of 2.2 million registered voters were expected to cast ballots in the crowded election.
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N.C
Alabama
George Wallace
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Wallace
Sanford
New York
Shirley Chisholm
Women Can Drive Cars as Well as Men Chuckle
A humorous line asserts women can drive cars as well as men, noting the remark seems not a great achievement when examined. The copyright line appears at the end.
Flees Hue as elderly woman carries possessions from old capital
An elderly Vietnamese woman flees Hue carrying her possessions as she escapes the former imperial capital, seeking safety amid disruption.
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