The Buck And The Ballot Part II Campaign Fund Gaps
An editor's note introduces Fletcher Knebel's examination of campaign finance laws. The piece argues current rules are lax and poorly enforced, using the 1925 Federal Corrupt Practices Act as a baseline and noting how state campaigns often incur far higher costs through multiple committees.
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Washington
Fletcher Knebel
World Book Science Service
House
California
New York
U. S. Senate
Senate
Smith
Federal Communications Commission
Ronald Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
The Passing Of The Old Generation
James Reston argues the old generation in world politics is fading and the rise of a new, younger leadership is underway. He cites Johnson De Gaulle Salazar Chiang Kai Shek Mao Haile Selassie and Ho Chi Minh as last 19th century figures and notes major elections in the US Canada and France as signs of a shift toward youth leadership and new ideologies. He warns that campaign costs and ethics questions complicate the path to reform.
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James Reston
New York Times News
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de Gaulle
France
Spain
Salazar
Portugal
Chiang Kai-Shek
Taiwan
Mao Tse-Tung
China
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Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Canada
America
U. S
Kennedy
Indiana
Nebraska
Sen. McCarthy
Oregon
California
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Nixon
Humphrey
Pompidou
Tion
Tickle-talk science lights up skin based comms
The article explains skin based communication using finger electrodes that transmit electrical signals. With three power levels a four finger code can convey 48 symbols. After 12 hours training a person understood 38 words per minute, and perhaps 200 words per minute someday.
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Thaddeus J. Dulski
Buffalo
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Dulski
Chicago
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Stratton
Sangamon River
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Instructional Dynamics
Ailik
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