Editorial asks how to bring war message home to Nixon
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on Vietnam origins reveal officials with direct decision-making limited, while James C. Thomson Jr. and Leslie H. Gelb argue the US cannot win or continue in Vietnam. They urge total American withdrawal, cautioning against perpetuating a civil war and escalating global confrontation. Is there a path to convey this message to Nixon and Congress?
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Dean Rusk
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
America
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Congress
Humphrey shifts on Wallace ticket amid campaign shifts
The piece critiques Senator Hubert Humphrey for flirting with a Wallace running mate possibility while differing from George Wallace in debate with George McGovern. It questions his loyalty and notes his stance against welfare chiselers and estate taxes, suggesting a shift toward conservative voters.
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Sen
George McGovern
Humphrey
Wallace
Humphrey-Wallace
Robert H. Humphrey
Country Club
McGovern
Sen. Humphrey
Gov. Wallace
Astronaut Scott Carpenter Turns to Wasp Rearing
The article notes former astronaut Scott Carpenter now raises wasps used as crop pest control. He offers 200,000 wasp eggs for $12.50, shifting from his taxpayer funded space career to agricultural supply sales.
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Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Fire Sale Offers Bumper Pack of Primary Memorabilia
The Democratic party lists vast surplus items from past campaigns in a catalogue. It features Ed Muskie books, Lindsay bumper stickers, Hartke posters, McGovern materials, Yorty banners, Sanford towels, and 1972 political ephemera. Lawrence O Brien calls it the greatest sale of primary material in party history.
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Los Angeles Times
Democratic Party
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Pennsylvania Avenue
President Muskie
New England
Muskie
Lincoln
Lindsay
Henry Jackson
Joseph Alsop
Jackson
Florida
Galda Meir
Vance Hartke
Hartke
Dita Beard
ITT Company
Fred Harris Souve
Sam Yorty
Stand Up
America
Hubert Humphrey
McGovern
California
Lawrence O’brien
Wilbur Mills
Fayette readers urge board on land used for technical school
Letters criticize Fayette County Board of Education for promoting a technical school without land ownership or funding details. C. E. Adkins appeals voters to learn how their interests are disregarded and questions future use of land and bond funds while Mrs L C Hill comments on wartime bombing fears.
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Fayette County
Board of Education
Gordon Billheimer
Fayette
Democrats blamed for legislative stagnation in 92nd Congress
Washington observers note a sparse domestic agenda despite campaign promises. Congress passed two major laws affecting daily life, including higher education aid with busing limits and EEOC enforcement, plus a stricter campaign financing law. Critics say the Democratic Congress offered little reform while Nixon expanded foreign policy opens.
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Washington. Post
Washington
Congress
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
92Nd Congress
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Richard M. Nixon
McGovern
Nixon
China
Democratic Congress
Moscow
Kanawha County Democrats brace for new chair role
A Wednesday night Kanawha County Democratic Executive Committee meeting was set to elect Robert Reed as chairman amid a tangle of factional talks and last minute maneuvers. The report traces back alliances among Luther Carson Sam MacCorkle Jack Pauley Kelly Castleberry and Mayor John Hutchinson as they negotiated control of the party.
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Kanawha County
Democratic Executive Committee
Powers
South Charleston
Robert Reed
Reed
Democratic Party
Dickering
Luther Carson
Sam MacCorkle
Carson
County Clark
Jack‘ Pauley
Kelly Castleberry
Tom Black
Jim Brown
Black
Pauley
Castleberry
Brown
MacCorkle
Hutchineson
Dempsy Gibson
Gibson
Hutchinson
Black-Brown
Black and Brown
Garnett Thompson
River City
Hitchinson
Bill Allen
Sternbergs
Lethacy
Haing
Gibson's
Gin
Pauley and Castleberty
West, Virginia
Intercepted Message From 1972 Fire Department Letter
A June 15 1972 note from Capt. Charles Robinson to Chuck hints at arson or deliberate ignition as it requests to hose everyone down. The message is signed Yours George and references a city story on page 1B.
Impeach Ambiguity Not President in Debates
Washington editorial notes a May 10 House resolution led by John Conyers Jr and a NYT ad pushing impeachment. It argues impeachment is a flawed restraint, with few convictions in history, and questions what other remedies exist to remove a president or federal judges.
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Washington
Michigan
John Conyers Jr
United States
New York Times
The
Times
Congress
House
Republic
Senate
U. S
Halsted L. Ritter
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Gov
George Wallace
Hubert H. Humphrey
Farmer-Labor
Sen. McGovern
Daily Mail
Art Buchwald
Nirs
Democratic National Committee
Gene McCarthy
Dump Johnson
McCarthy
New Hampshire
Gene
the Gazette
Russia
Hungary
Nine
San Clemente
L. C. Hill
Lith Ave
Huntington
David Broder
Democratc Convention
Presi:ent
Thomas A. Knight
Charleston
John Hutchinson
MacCorkle Organization
Greenbrier Street
Chuck
George
Charles Robinson
James Kilpatrick
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Cambodia
Darin
George Norris
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