Rockefeller aides mount vendetta campaign against Reid
Rockefeller mobilizes money and staff to defeat Ogden Reid, once a GOP ally turned Democrat, citing Reid’s opposition to Nixon era policies. Key fundraisers hold court at Pocantico Hills, with contributions from Rockefeller family, allies, and business figures, while Nixon Ford and Buckley back opponents. Reid faces Vergari as rival in Westchester race amid real estate and utilities controversies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
House of Representatives
New York
Ogden Reid
Abraham Lincoln
Reid
Rockefeller
Carl Spad
Spud
Pocantico Hills
Westchester County
Gerald Ford
James Buckely
Shifting Trends Press College Enrollments in 1970s
In the 1970s four year colleges face weakened appeal to high school graduates. Freshman classes shrink while graduate numbers rise slightly in 1971 and the current year. Vocational training, two year colleges, rising tuition, and economic factors draw students away from traditional liberal arts paths.
Tribute to October in New York AP style tribute
The piece extols October as the year’s peak, a month loved by birds beasts and humans. It portrays October as nature’s climax with vivid imagery of trees stars wind and harvest, and contrasts it with April as a junior politician. October is described as mature decisive and rewarding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mother Nature
Corry Fire Destroys Garage On Worth Street
Corry firemen battled flames that started in a pile of comic magazines and razed a garage at the Allen Foote home on Worth street. Also Erie Railroad Museum Car 5 to tour schools for rail transport study, open near the Erie station for district students.
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Corry
Allen Foote
Worth Street
Erie Railroad
Schooldren
D.G. Jones
Fun City Dying in Dirt and Traffic, A Personal Memoir
A cub reporter recalls a decaying New York City, its filthy streets, stalled subways, and choking traffic. He notes the rich still thrive amid a city that breathes asthmatically but persists as a cultural and financial hub despite fading grandeur.
Silliness in Welfare Recreation Bulletin Sparks Outcry
The author rails at the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare for its Recreation Bulletin and its proposed hospital and nursing home activities. He mocks October and November observances and jokes about bananas and cats while lamenting New York’s decline and welfare excesses. The piece ends with a sharp taunt over the department’s perceived silliness and waste.
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Camelot
Sir Mordred
State Department of Welfare
Lucre
Welfare Department
Office of Medical
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Harrisburg
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Milwaukee Journal
Rocky
William McDevitt
Martin Kelly
Meee Eee
Pocantico Estate
Laurence
Malcolm Wilson
Rockefeller Machine
Maverick Reid
J. Herbert Grimsey
Grimsey
New York Telephone Company
Ma Bell
W.M. Ellinghaus
William Sharwell
Vergari
D.A
United States
Alaska
Ted Stevens
Justice Department
Idaho
James McClure
Nampa
Hal Boyle
Corry Area
Erie
Philip Wade
R.D. 2
Plank Road Club
Mae Raymond
Lawrence Miller
Cecil Miller
Grandma
Manhattan
Grant
Park Avenue
LTD
East 5Th Street
Lincoln Tunnel
Jim Bishop
California
Phoenix
Miami
San Antonio
Carolinas
Fun City
Tokyo
Bill Eaton
Hell's Kitchen
Commissioners’ Office
Horace Greeley
Walter Winchell
O. Henry
Damon Runyon
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Mr. Harris
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