Wallace declares presidential bid for Democratic nomination
George C. Wallace becomes officially a Democratic presidential candidate. He campaigns for delegates at the 1972 convention in New York City, touting health and stamina while promising a political revolution to return the party to the people. The six hopefuls include Bayh, Harris, Udall, Carter, Sanford, and Shriver, with Wallace offered as a conservative alternative to the party’s liberal wing.
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George C. Wallace
Democratic Party
Wallace
New York City
George Wallace
Middle America
Washington
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Morris Udall
Arizona
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Sargent Shriver
Kennedy
George McGovern
Ted Kennedy
Joe Rauh
George Meany
Justice Douglas Retires from Supreme Court After 36 Years
Justice William O. Douglas formally retires from the Supreme Court, asserting his mental faculties remain intact. He will keep an office and salary perks, and speculation immediately turns to potential female nominees for his replacement, with Mrs. Ford urging a woman appointee. Douglas, 36 years on the bench, leaves a liberal era noted for Warren Court reforms. He declined to comment on his successor, saying it is not his business.
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William C. Douglas
Supreme Court of the United States
Ford
Douglas
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Fdr
Hugh Black
Stanley Reed
Felix Frankfurter
William Orville Douglas
Frank Murphy
Earl -Warren
John Marshall
Stephen Johnson Field
Justice Douglas
Power Grab and Federal Control Over Private Colleges
John Chamberlain argues that federal subsidies force private colleges to adopt affirmative action and government oversight. He cites Columbia and smaller institutions like Rockford College Pepperdine and Hillsdale as examples resisting HEW influence. The piece warns that a 1979 HEW rule could make any campus with federally supported students a recipient institution, risking penalties for orphans and other beneficiaries.
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Ivy League University
Columbia
New York City
Ivy League
Rockford College
Illinois
Brigham — Young University
Utah
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges and Universities
Congress
Brigham Young University
HEW
Rockford
John Howard
Slillsdale College
Hillsdale
Brigham Young
Federal flood insurance raises catch 22 for communities
The Flood Insurance Protection Act of 1973 ignites a fight over federal control and local autonomy. Critics warn that 100 year flood plains impose onerous rules on towns while conservatives fear federal overreach. Amendments seek more voluntariness, with Senate hearings debating HEW Title Nine and university resistance.
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United States
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Tom Eagleton
Missouri
Appalachia
HUD
Eagleton
Lincoln County
Flood Plain
Senate
McGovern
Bayh
Hartke
Abourezk
Thurmond
Dole
Eastland
London Times spoof on US politics alarms Washington readers
Washington observers relay a London Times piece imagining a farcical sequence in American politics. Ford dumps Rockefeller for Nixon, Nixon returns to power and seeks two more terms, with a macabre 1984 finale. The piece mocks British views of Watergate and U.S. political fate.
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Washington
London Times
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Gore
White House
U.S
The
Watergate
Great Pice
Elliot Richardson
Archibald Cox
Common Situs Act Threatens Union Rights in Construction
William Buckley argues the proposed common situs act would force unions on small contractors, limiting workers’ right to nonunion status. He explains how Taft Hartley’s secondary boycott ban would be circumvented and warns the bill could shut down projects, raise costs, and increase unemployment.
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National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Ford
Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
House
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Denver
NLRA
Trades Union Council
Siius
Con Ed
Supreme Court
NLRB
Eisenhower
Nixon
John Dunlop
Dunlop
Shirley Temple
America
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Hillsdale College
George Roche
Ralph de Toledana
D.C
Leitner, Morain, Hinderer
Bee Nee
IMA Am. Util
William F. Buckley Jr
Danville
the Register Publishing Co., Inc
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