Realignment of American politics emerging in 1972 preview
Miami Beach dispatch suggests Republicans may win in November but a durable conservative realignment is doubtful. Nixon drifts toward the center to attract disaffected workers while McGovern edges left. Agnew moderates tone in Miami Beach as conventions end. If McGovern loses, new Democratic leaders may rise and shift center politics leftward.
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James Reston
NYT
Miami Beach
Nixon
Lonesome
George
Congress
George McGovern
McGow
Buckleys
Towers
Wallaceites
Agnew
George Meany
Supreme Court
Goldwater
Reagan
White House
McGovern
Democratic Party
Vietnam
Jets Strike Rail Bridges Near China Border
Pentagon officials say U S fighter bombers hit railroad bridges within 25 miles of the Chinese border over four months to cut North Vietnam war supplies. Officials acknowledge a 3 mile buffer zone and rare incursions into near border airspace.
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William Beecher
New York Times News Service
Washington
Pentagon
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Air Force
Jerry W. Friedhein
South Vietnam
China
Bland
Soviet Union
Friedheim
Hue
da Nang
Vietnam
Daniel Elisberg
Haiphong Harbor
Nixon
Planes Lost Over North Vietnam As Bombing Rises
AP reports three American fighter-bombers lost over North Vietnam last weekend and a fourth downed today with six of eight airmen missing. Total losses to date reach 82 planes and 91 missing since April 6. North Vietnam reports capturing over 20 airmen. Weather cleared allowing 310 strikes, the highest weekly total, with substantial damage to warehouses storage buildings bridges and water craft.
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Peking
Dairymen Campaign Aid Quoted in Milk Price Rise
The Washington Post reports letters from a lawsuit show large dairymen group contributions to Nixon's 1972 re election bid helped sway the decision to raise federal milk price supports to 4.93 per hundredweight on March 25, 1971, reversing an earlier March 13 announcement.
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Washington
Nixon
Washington Post
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Ward Rowley
Richard Kleindienst
Senate
Almanac to Acknowledge Women Role in 1973 Edition
Geiger writes a two page piece for the 1973 Almanac noting women's equal intelligence and purchasing power amid reader complaints about prior jokes. The 45 million circulation edition will drop Sept. 17 and retains humor as it shifts to address women more seriously. The piece cites a Maryland woman letter and discusses broader social and economic themes around gender and consumer power.
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Lewiston
Maine
Les Span
Sae Sere
Fer
Ptt Crane
Geiger
Maryland
Barbara Collier
Bethesda
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George Esper
U.S. Command
Hon
Ray Geiger
Farmers’ Almanac
Jane Fonda
American Legion
Chicago
Miss Fonda
San Francisco
Americas
Post
Phyllis Austin
William A. Powell
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc
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