Mills Seen As Possible Running Mate For Mills Anticipated
Hubert Humphrey pivots on Wallace as running mate with Wallace supporters unfazed while McGovern gains momentum. South leaders eye Rep. Wilbur Mills of Arkansas as a stabilizing antidote to McGovernism, though nomination prospects hinge on the top candidate’s choice and Johnson’s approval.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Humphrey
McGovern
Reubin Askew
Florida
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Askew
Sanford
South
House Committee On Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Mills
Greensboro
South Carolina
Palmetto Democrats
William Jennings Bryan
L. D. Johnson
Salute Yourself and the Self Esteem Debate
A meditation on self esteem as a prerequisite for loving others and forming healthy relationships. The piece argues Jesus modeled confident self regard yet demanded self denial in service, linking self appreciation to true neighbor love, personal growth, and suffering for others as redemptive. It cites Sam Keen and Whitman to illustrate celebrating one’s unique worth and self discovery as steps toward community function.
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Marin Ing
Jesus
Marriagiant
Whitman
Whiteman
Sam Keendeane
Sam Keen
Postal Rate Commission approves 1.37 billion rise
The Postal Rate Commission approved a 1.37 billion increase in postal rates, 11 cent air mail kept, 10 cent post cards disallowed and 6 cent rate restored. The decision avoids Congress, depoliticizing the service, but keeps high rates for first class letters and air mail with minor changes to zone and third class rates. Lisbon.
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U. S. Postal Rate Commission
Postal Service
Congress
Commission
Rate Commission
Board of Governors
A Good Word For Prisons
Anthony De Angelis, once a notorious “Salad Oil King,” credits seven years in the Federal prison at Lewisburg with saving his life. He was 250 pounds before prison and left at 170, claiming rehabilitation improved his health and outlook.
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Anthony de Angelis
Federal
Lewisburg
Pennsylvania
de Angelis
Billy Sol Estes
Federal Penitentiary
Hughes To Stay In Vancouver Indefinitely
Howard Hughes, the reclusive financier, will remain in Vancouver at least another year after an immigration agent extended his visitor permit. The extension followed confirmation of a valid reason for staying, with further extensions possible if he avoids expiration issues. The piece contrasts Canadian privacy norms with other nations and notes Hughes’s possible preference for Vancouver.
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Howard Hughes
Vancouver
Hughes
Braniam Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
Danville
The McGovern Program Critique Explodes Budget Projections
Ralph de Toledano analyzes George McGovern s proposed policy agenda highlighting vast cost estimates from 100 to 200 billion annually. He notes vague figures, dubious calculations, and sweeping federal expansions across jobs, agriculture, environment, labor, education, defense, and peacetime transitions with potential tax and budget impacts.
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Washington
McGovern
George McGovern
Treasury
McGovlern
NASA
United States
Commission On Interstate Crime
National Commission
Upper Great Lakes
South
Plains
National Defense
Barry Goldwater On Limited War And Haiphong Ports
Barry Goldwater defends past calls to close North Vietnamese ports to cut off enemy supplies. He argues war is last resort and limited warfare cannot truly limit conflict, citing Clausewitz and Soviet risk. He notes repeated requests faced political resistance and urges decisive action to win before the other side gains advantage.
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North Vietnam
Soviet Union
Nixon
Haiphong
South Vietnam
Athcles
Whbat
Eek
Karl von Clausewitz
Did Opposing Forces Help Angela Davis Get Acquitted
A 1960s-era column contemplates whether Holmes Alexander’s notoriety and press coverage influenced Angela Davis’s trial and acquittal. It argues the press risks influencing juries and underscores the justice system’s tension between public passion and constitutional rights. The piece reflects on notions of innocence, punishment, and the nation’s struggle with radicalism.
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Washington, D.C
Newton
Angela Dasaid
State of the American Union
Trea
Angela Davis
Miss Davis
Fragmentary column mumbles on retirees and justice values
A garbled opinion piece discusses consumer groups and enemies, retirement in the neighborhood, and pride in American justice after a woman's acquittal. It references a son with handicaps in business, money, and imagined scenes of airliners and moonlit terraces, all in a fragmented reminiscence.
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Weasher
Associated Press
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Vrelret
Barry Goldwater
Holmes Alexander
Roosenbergs
Sacco
Vanzétti
Alger Hiss
Angéla ‘Davis
Dane
Wiss Davis
Shel’ Gaan
Simon
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