Ballot petition returns spur reform call in Iowa
A Linn county Democrat failed in a sheriff primary and was ruled off the ballot as an independent. A three member county commission urged rewriting state code to simplify petition candidacies, criticizing dual ballot paths and noting notarizing flaws and address requirements create unfair hurdles and chilling effects for signers. They call for harmonizing independent and party routes and updating voter qualification rules.
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Analogies to 1948 loom in Nixon McGovern contrast
The piece compares 1972 and 1948 campaigns, noting Nixon leads McGovern in polls and Truman ideology parallels. It discusses early polling, public predictions by families and prognosticators, and the difficulty of a late comeback while acknowledging McGovern could still upset.
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Nixon
Senator McGovern
Truman
Dewey
McGovern
Bess
Margaret
Louis Bean
Philadelphia
Congress
Harry Truman
Tom Dewey
United States
Nixon Brezhnev Principles Face UN Test On Hijackings
New York Times report says the United States will push the United Nations to adopt tough regulations to punish hijackers and cut air traffic with noncooperating nations. Secretary Rogers seeks extradition and denial of arms and funds to terrorist groups, testing Moscow Beijing London and Paris on this international banditry.
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Ashington
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World Organization
Nixon
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Soviet Union
Henry Kissinger
William Rogers
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U.N
China
Britain
France
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Moscow
Cuba
Algeria
Rogers
U.S
U.S.S.R
Lady Campaigners and Press Privacy Debate
A letter to the editor criticizes involving Mrs Nixon and her daughter in politics blaming it for public exposure and press scrutiny. The writer notes campaigns rely on news coverage and questions the wisdom of dragging family into public disputes while lamenting classroom signage confusion for adult enrollment.
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Nixon
Pws
Vietnam
Kennedy High School portrait drawing class encounter
A reader recounts enrolling in a Kennedy High School community education portrait drawing class. They found Room 302 locked with no notices or posted changes, expressing frustration at the lack of information and organization.
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Kennedy High School
Public Noise Concerns Over 1 380 Highway Study
A reader reacts to Mr. Pisha's letter and criticizes the state highway commission for studying noise on 1 380 before completion. The writer states residents 70 feet from the highway will endure deafening construction noise and truck traffic, noting no officials live on Third street to be affected.
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Pisha
Forum
Highway Commission
Third Street
Presidents as father figures in voter perceptions
Nixon and McGovern are seen by BASICO research as lacking a full set of presidential greatness traits. Decisiveness sincerity and sense of mission shape voter views with Nixon judged pragmatic but directionless and McGovern praised for purpose yet less decisive. For both neither yet meets all three traits for lasting greatness.
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McGovern
Behavioral Science Corp
Basico
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House
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John F. Kennedy
Harry S Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Truman
Roosevelt
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America
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