Survey and Prospect for 1976 Conventions in Major Cities
The piece weighs where Democrats and Republicans may hold their 1976 nominating conventions, weighing New York and Los Angeles as top bids. It notes Strauss’s impartial stance while highlighting Manhattan’s venues and LA’s Kennedy ties, plus star power from Henry Fonda Natalie Wood and John Wayne. It warns on city discipline and costs shaping future host choices.
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Miami Beach
San Diego
New York
Los Angeles
Robert §. Strauss
Strauss
Mannhattan
Madison Square Garden
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Henry Fonda
Natalie Wood
L.A
Republican National Committee
John Wayne
Chicago
A President Ford Faces Global Challenges Abroad
President Gerald Ford, stepping beyond his role as Congress member and Michigan football figure, is depicted as a restrained, worldly statesman ready to tackle international issues. The piece frames his mission as a surgeon removing mistrust and fear, guiding toward a safer world despite European skepticism.
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Gerald Ford
Europe
University of Michigan
Winston Churchill
Soviet East
Middle Eastern
United States
Ford
Parting Shots from a New Coach and Local Reflections
A newly hired coach receives unequivocal support amid early on field moments. A disconsolate bus rider laments a dull night on TV with 15 shootings not including news. A Bicentennial student fears by July 4 1976 all historical facts will be printed and only reruns used.
Leftward Tilt From OCC Sparks National Attention
Oklahoma Christian College sits at the city edge, touting old fashioned values. A Gallup study of student attitudes across the nation, released recently, finds surprising trends that alarm business leaders and energize conservatives. Former presidents James O. Baird and J. Terry Johnson initiated the survey two years ago, challenging assumptions about college influence on politics.
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Oklahoma Christian Colege
Gallup
James O. Baird
OCC
J. Terry Johnson
Gallup study traces campus attitude shifts through college years
A Gallup Survey of 904 students in 57 colleges shows fresh men leaning left with 30 percent self identifying left of center or far left, rising to 53 percent by senior year. Seniors doubt Americans can always get ahead, approve more smoking and premarital sex, and lose religious interest. Students doubt business ethics, favor price and wage controls, and favor breaking up large firms, while overestimating corporate profits and taxes. Oklahoma Christian Students align less with Princeton on some issues but share calls for more regulation. overall, college experience appears to shift views, for better or worse depending on perspective.
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Dr. Gallup
Gallup
UCC
Princeton
America
Oklahoma
Humphrey
U.S
Washington
Congress
Voice of America
Mideast
Senator Soaper A Midway Through Reviewed Book
A senator says she was halfway through a book with a good review and enjoyed it until a review called it punk. The note mentions wandering friends living in a Postal Service Station via ecards and a line about showing off by yelling timber after cutting a bass dandelion. A cheerful bus remark cites living on a smile shoeshine and tax rebate hope.
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Europe
Mario Soares
Spain
Speechless Vacations and Hard Times in Congress
President Ford is unlikely to declare a national emergency during the 16 day Congressional vacation amid rising unemployment and fears of crime. The piece criticizes calls for vast public jobs and federal planning and argues long term public works do not lift earnings or education.
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Washington, D
Ford
Senate
House
Hubert Humphrey
Alan Fechter
The
Urban Institute
WPA
PWA
Fechter
Washington
West Sells The Rope To Hang Portugal
The piece argues Western Europebuyers, including NATO nations, fund Soviet and Warsaw Pact orders via machinery and pipe exports while Portugal faces a Communist-led press ban. It highlights Radio Liberty figures showing 1974 orders totaling $7.6 billion from the West to the USSR and allies, and questions Western diplomacy’s reliance on trade deals without securing free elections or a free press in Portugal.
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Gibraltar
Turkey
NATO
Japan
Saigon
Radio Liberty
Lisbon
Mario Soares
Ussr
Warsaw Pact
West
West Germany
Soviets
Europe
Walians
Kremlin
Portugal
Russia
No Cabins No Coonskins
O C Helton a six foot five inch native of Tennessee aims to build a log cabin in Snohomish County Washington for his family of seven but faces a building permit violation. The piece muses on regulation versus frontier spirit and humorously contrasts historical figures with modern rules.
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Osey Charles
Helton
Smokey Mountains
Tennessee
Pacific Northwest
Cascade Range
Washington State
O.C
Snohomish
It Must Not Be Surrendered To Goons Seeking To Substitute Force
A witness denounces violence as 20 to 30 masked attackers invade a Cherry Hill non union site beating workers and damaging property. Four men tied to the Cement Masons Union are identified, with picketing spreading to other Tallmen Construction sites. The statement calls for vigorous probes and prosecutions, condemning sabotage at non union sites as a pattern in New Jersey and nearby areas.
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O.C
Big Brother
Davy Crockett
Kutthim
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Davy
Jim Bowie
Alamo
Congress
Mexico
Texas
Cherry Hill
Cement Masons Union of
Camden
Building and Construction Trades Council of Camden
Tallmen Construction Company
Trades Council
New Jersey
Altemose Construction Company
Pennsylvania
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Ree Ask Rams
Senator Soaper
Holmes Alexander
John Chamberlain West
Republica
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Philadelphia Inquirer
Danville
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
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