McGovern's Radical Populism Headlines May Primaries Clash
The May primaries narrow the Democratic field to Humphrey and McGovern with Wallace as a long shot. McGovern advocates redistribution, proposes slashing the defense budget and taxing high earners to aid the poor, a populist stance that alarms some Democrats. Critics liken him to Bryan and Goldwater, forecasting a historic Miami Beach showdown if he advances.
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Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
George McGovern
South Dakota
George Wallace
Alabama
Humphrey
Lheral
Edmund Muskie
Maine
McGovern
Democratic Party
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Henry M. Jackson
Barry Goldwater
Jackson
Goldwater
Bryan
Miami Beach
Donnybrook
Ramapo Wins Ruling on Phased Growth in Suburbs
New York Court of Appeals upholds phased growth allowing Ramapo to regulate expansion with a moratorium on new housing until sewer water and schools can be provided. Dissent warns of a walling in of communities while supporters say it preserves orderly development and prevents blighted areas.
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New York Court of Appeals
Ramapo
Rockland County
Democratic Stephen Decatur and the Vietnam debate
A Danville editorial denounces Democratic Senate opposition to the Vietnam escalation, praising a hawkish stance led by Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. It laments the party’s overhaul of foreign policy and calls for decisive U S leadership to oppose Communist expansion, ending with a plea for a modern Stephen Decatur to speak in the Senate.
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U.S. Senate
Johnson
United States
Vietnam
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
U.S
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
the Times
Indochina
Middle East
Europe
Asia
Africa
Congress
Stephen Decatur
Patriot citizens urged support for Nixon Vietnam measures
A letter to the editor defends President Richard Nixon’s order of actions against North Vietnam to save soldiers and honor, condemning Democratic senators and university leaders who aid enemies, and urging faculty and students to back the decision. It notes Alexander V. Berk as a history professor and comments on money and political life, with towns holding annual student takeovers.
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Richard M. Nixon
North Vietnam
Democratic Party
Alexander V. Berk
Kennedy
Cuba
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Nixon
South Vietnam
Middle East
Haiphong
Hanoi
Brezhnev
Mose
Suez
Henry KissSidger
America
Nort Vietnam
U.S
Sisyphus
Nixoo
Texas
Dan Ellsberg
Jack Anderson
White House
Henry Kis
Satirical piece on Kissinger and political theater
A fragmentary editorial riffs on Senator Kissinger as an indispensable figure while lampooning political rhetoric. It muses on campaigns, film versus TV, and fashion in a disorderly spring scene, hinting at election weariness and public discourse.
Buckley on Capital Punishment and Deterrence
William F Buckley Jr surveys the capital punishment debate, summarizing Ernest van den Haag’s rebuttals to abolition arguments. He frames the issue around judicial restraint, administration of justice, deterrence uncertainty, and the ethical stakes of risking innocent victims versus executing murderers.
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Committee of the Judiciary
House of Representatives
Ernest van den Haag
van den Haag
New York University
Em Terpoi
Safest places in America as mapped by the Frankes
The Frankes cite 46 towns across 35 states as safe havens from crime in their book Safe Places. They argue small, well rooted communities with churches and low isolation best deter crime, noting Gaylord Michigan as example and warning large cities are unsafe.
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David Franke
Arlington House
David
Holly Franke
Prescott
Arizona
Moscow
Idaho
Teesburg
Virginia
Green Bay
Wisconsin
California
Florida
Michigan
Gaylord
Detroit
San Marino
New Jersey
Nutley
Frankes
New York
Pennsylvania
Switzerland
Britain
Northern Ireland
Joseph Conrad
Boston Labour Rally Stirs Debate on Imports and Protection
A chaotic AFL-CIO press conference in Washington features George Meany's absence, Al Zeck leading the PR side, and a heated critique of immigration and import dependence. The piece argues for American self-interest, citing a Boston Tea Party tone against foreign-made goods and calling for protectionism to boost wages and productivity.
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al Zeck
Congress
Afl-Cio
Washington
D.C
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
Marble Palace
Lafayette Park
White House
George Meany
Vance Hartke
Cos
Meany
AL Zack
Aeceges Pevenceens
Krowigored
Wallace
Treasury
Connally
Executive Council
Kleindienst
America
McKinley
Boston
Commonwealth
George Megny
Pulitzer rage over prizes for Nixon era leaks
The John Chamberlain column attacks the Pulitzer jury for honoring New York Times and Jack Anderson while crediting Daniel Ellsberg and a listener for leaking the Pentagon Papers. It argues the disclosures challenged government secrecy and portrays a shifting moral landscape in U.S. foreign policy debates, with references to Kissinger, Brezhnev, Nixon, and broader Cold War tensions.
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New York Times
Jack Anderson
Pentagon
Daniel Eilsberg
Kibitzer
Henry Kissinger
Pakistan
Times
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Danville
Senator Soaper
Whette
Sludgenump
MOR
Roene
William F. Buckley, Jr
Supreme Court
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Holmes Alexander
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John Chamberlain
Singer
Brezhnevie
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