Wallace Triumphs In Mississippi Caucus Over Carter
The Mississippi caucus results show Governor George C. Wallace defeating Jimmy Carter three to one, winning over 45 percent of delegates at county conventions. With Florida’s March 9 primary ahead, observers debate Wallace's health and past positions while urging fair treatment for both campaigns amid a crowded Democratic field.
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Mississippi
Jimmy
Wallace
Carter
Alabama
Paign
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Old Family Farms and the Legacy of Virginia Plantations
Frances Hallam Hurt notes that many Pittsylvania county families trace back to colonial times with farms kept across generations. Urban sprawl, rising land prices, and farm value as heritage push older properties toward development, while a Norfolk publisher’s failed start leads to a later successful newspaper career.
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Pittsylvania County
Frances Hallam Hurt
Pittsylvania
Virginia
Kinderhead
New York
Hudson River
van Alstynes
Riverhead
Long Island
Wells
Elizabeth K_ Van Alstyne
Norfolk Landmark
Edenton
Chowan County
Norfolk Ledger
W. O. Saunders
Elizabeth City
Fill Up The Prisons To Reduce Crime
Washington column argues for harsher incarceration, challenging the idea prisons are overcrowded. It cites 1961 to 1971 inmate totals, crime rises, and leniency trends. The piece claims crime would drop if courts and parole boards kept more felons behind bars.
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Washington
United States
The Dominoes Last Laugh on Angola and Castros Canada
Buckley argues the domino theory overstated threats and predicts Angola as the next target. He cites U.S. Congress resistance to direct or continued involvement, critiques Canadian leadership and Fidel Castro, and warns of a grim harvest for Angola amid Cold War politics. The piece blends foreign policy critique with sharp satire of Allied leaders and their stance on intervention.
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South
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Taiwan
Philippines
Burma
Indochina
Angola
United States
Berlin
South Korea
Quemoy
Matsu
Congress of the
Ford
Congress
Dick Clark
Castro
Trudeau
Africa
Fidel Castro
Quebec
Canada
Hitler
Mussolini
Prerevolutionary Warning on U S Political Drift
Ralph de Toledano argues in a Washington piece that the United States is moving toward a prerevolutionary state. He outlines steps to undermine government, security agencies, and public trust, accusing media, welfare spending, and foreign policy of paving the way for a communist revolution.
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Washington
Karl Marx
Congress
Executive Branch
Central Intelligence Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
CIA
Newark News
Kremilin
China
Lenin
United States
U.S
Defense
Jamies Schlesinger
The McCarthy Myth And Robeson Obituary Debate
In Washington DC an obituary of Paul Robeson sparks debate over McCarthyism myths. The piece argues Robeson was not an early victim of McCarthyism, noting misstatements about 1948 and 1949 testimony and emphasizing the persistence of belief regardless of facts. It also discusses naval power fears and urges balanced appraisal of national strength, citing Stennis and Schlesinger.
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Washington, D.C
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Joseph McCarthy
Daniel Webster
McCarthy
Joe
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Johnson Manning
John Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Soviet Union
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Ralph de Toledano
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FBI
D.C
Leftner, Morain, Hinderer
Holmes Alexander
McCarthy Myth
Danville Register Union Sister Publishing Co
Union
Danville
Sngre
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