Outrageous Campaign Spending Marks 1968 Elections
A Princeton foundation survey details 1968 campaign costs rising to 300 million with a 60 cent cost per vote. It highlights heavy spending by McCarthy Rockefeller and Wallace, large donors from DuPonts to Lehmans, and charity as a better use of funds.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Citizens’ Research Foundation
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Eugene McCarthy
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Alexander
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
McCarthy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Ronald Reagan
Harold E
Stassen
Rockefller
Kennedy
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Annals of
American Finance and Industry
DuPonts
Fords
Pews
Mellons
Olins
Whitneys
Lehmans
Bob Hope
Gene Autrey
Barbara Tuchman
Lester
New York
Nixon
Guilford Dudley, Jr
Nashville
Denmark
John Factor
Chicago
Jake the Barber
Lou Wasserman
M.C.A. Inc
Andy Jackson
Karl Wallenda Walks 600-Foot Tightwire Above St Louis
Karl Wallenda, 66, walked a 600 foot wire without a safety net above Busch Memorial Stadium in St Louis during the Moolah Shrine Circus opening. He paused for a headstand and adjusted a shoe with a hotel key shifting in place. The stunt followed his famous 1962 Detroit fall that killed two troupe members.
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Busch Memorial Stadium
St. Louis
Wallendas
Moolah Shrine
Wallenda
Detroit
Tallulah Falls
Georgia
Karl Wallenda
Gas Industry Profit Push Denied by FPC Memo Clash
May 14 memo by Federal Power Commission economists rebuts Chairman Nassika plan to raise about four billion dollars in gas rates for Gulf Texaco Humble Sunoco Shell Mobil Phillips and others. The economists objected to Gooch's legal brief and urged their dissent to be recorded while Nassikas kept the internal memos secret.
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Federal Power Commission
John Nassika
Gulf
Texaco
Humble
Sunoco
Shell
Mobil
Phillips
Louisiana
Gooch
FPC
Pentagon Papers Furor and U.S. Vietnam Policy Debate
Viewpoint by David Lawrence argues the Pentagon Study misleads on Vietnam, fueling isolationist sentiment and press critiques. It warns the document harms public understanding and could extend the war by shaping Hanoi’s negotiations, while noting reactions from Johnson and Nixon era officials.
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United States
Pentagon
Vietnam
New York Times
Parade
Lloyd Shearer
Lyndon Johnson
Defense
Robert
McNamara
Les Gelb
Decatur Daily Publisher details and subscription rates
The Decatur Daily announces W. R. Shelton as founder editor for 1912 to 1924 and lists the Tennessee Valley Printing Co Inc as publisher. It notes misstatements are investigated and provides subscription rates for daily and Sunday delivery by mail or carrier, including trade zone pricing and tax.
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Decatur
Alabama
The
Tennessee Valley Printing CO Inc
P.O
Ala
Correcting Christians: guidance on self check and gentle rebuke
The note urges J C to examine himself before judging Christians. It cites Jesus about removing a log from one’s eye and advises speaking with gentleness when a Christian’s conduct harms the gospel. It ends that sincere critics welcome helpful correction if they also accept it.
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J.C
Jesus
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