Editorials Innuendo Clouds The 1972 Debate
The piece argues Humphrey labels McGovern as radical to court middle voters while McGovern’s welfare and tax reform ideas echo New Deal programs. It accuses Humphrey of exploiting Cold War fears and questioning patriotism. It urges focusing on real issues and noting McGovern’s caution against a hawk to dove shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey-McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
Humphrey
McGovern
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hawk
Dove
America
Ick
Frederick
Deep Miner
Reader letter questions Bremer weapon charge reduction
A reader questions why Arthur Bremer’s concealed weapon charge in Wisconsin last fall was reduced to a lesser charge. The letter argues police testimony could prove carrying a weapon and questions judicial leniency and its link to harsher penalties for drunken driving.
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Arthur Bremer
Wisconsin
Bremer
Accord Could End Dangerous Military Game of Chicken
The Moscow Accords signed by President Nixon and Soviet leaders aim to stop the dangerous practice of naval and air “chicken” near encounters. The pact outlines rules to avoid collisions and reduce near confrontations even without hostility, urging restraint to prevent new tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Getting the Girl in Politics and Pop Culture
Russell Baker argues that film and political narratives frame leaders as the man who gets the girl versus the loser. He cites George McGovern and Muskie, likening them to Ralph Bellamy and Spencer Tracy, noting how audience expectations color perceptions of candidates. The piece critiques cinema driven stereotypes and their misleading influence on politics and memory.
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New York Times Service
Washington
Cagney
Bogart
John Connally
Prince Phillip
Sam Yorty
Aristotle Onassis
Ronald Reagan
Ralph Bellamy
Cary Grant
Bellamy
Gabby Hayes
Grant
Spencer Tracy
Clark Gable
Gable
George McGovern
McGovern
Muskie
Wester
Humphrey
Reagan
Hepburn
Nixin
Moscow
Readers Forum Calls for Honest Steps to End Despair
A Gazette editor urges candidates to reveal honesty and dedication to end national despair. He condemns unscrupulous party forces and emphasizes no shortcuts on the road back, urging November voter cleanups and reforms to ensure fair elections.
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Benjamin F. Rhodes
Masontown
Can George Do It The Democratic Dilemma In California
James Reston outlines the Democratic party in crisis as Humphrey attacks McGovern in California. Nixon stands to gain while party unity dissolves. questions rise about George Wallace, McGovern programs, and a possible Muskie Stevenson compromise ticket.
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Hubert
California
Congress
McGovern
Harry Truman
Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Peking
Moscow
Warsaw
Breehney
Kremlin
Nixon
Democratic Party
George
Muskie
Jackson
Cri
George Wallace
John Mitchell
Humphrey-McGovern
Miami Beach
Daley
Chicago
Meaney
Afl-Cio
Hubert Humphrey
McCtavern
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Kanawha County Democrats seek new chair amid rival factions
Kanawha County Democratic leaders Luther Carson and Sam MacCorkle reach a rare agreement to replace Chairman A. Garnett Thompson with Thomas L. Black and name Black's rival James Brown as vice chair. County Clerk Jack Pauley and County Court Commissioner Kelly Castleberry loom as pivotal backs. The move tests party unity as Pauley may shift support to Robert Reed, Charleston, to block the bid. Rockefeller IV signals caution but backing exists for any vote to go ahead.
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Kanawha County
Luther Carson
Sam MacCorkle
A. Garnett Thompson
Carson-MacCorkle
Thomas L. Black
Black
James Brown
Carson
MacCarkle
Sieely
Statehouse
Brown
MacCorkle
Charleston
John Hutchinson
Kanawha
Jack Pauley
Kelly Castleberry
Decisio
Castleberry
Robert Reed
Reed
South Charleston
Pauley
Seek
Thompson
Carson Fa
Sam
Heck
Moi
Pauley-Castleberry
Reid
John D. Rockefeller IV
Pauley and
Intercepted Message from Puritan City Declared
A 1972 note from L. H. Morris of Puritan City references an intercepted message. The short item implies a communication as part of local records or correspondence. No further details are provided about the message content or its significance.
Proposals on Judicial Tenure Stir Debate in Congress
Senator Byrd proposes eight year terms for federal judges with Senate reconfirmation arguing life tenure concentrates power and risks independence. Law professors challenge the idea as undermining judicial sovereignty while others defend accountability and reform.
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Washington
U.S
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Judiciary
Senate
Byrd
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Woody Allen
the Gazette
Robert
George Bose
Lewisburg
James Reston
New York Times
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Nixor
Geor McGovern
Ed Muskie
Thomas A. Knight
Évéti
Pauley- Castleberry
Yours
L. H. Morris
Puritan
Shery
James Kilpatrick
Hurd
John Marshall
Thomas Jefferson
High Court
Oureign
Patrick Henry
Henry
Jettersan
Supreme Court
Rhode Island
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