State Primaries Just Traveling Spectaculars
Washington preview on the exhausting long presidential primaries of 1972. James Reston notes the growing number of primaries, the money chase, and the strain on candidates, while warning that the system may hinder governance and favor regionally popular figures. He suggests a national primary to pick delegates, criticizing current financing and process.
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James Reston
New York Times News Service
Washington
New Hampshire
Florida
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Duke University
Reuben Askew
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Muskie
New
Wallace
Woodrow Wilson
California
America
Nixon
John Maynard Keynes
Mao Tse-Tung
John Connally
Nixon Beijing trip alters mood and policy in Asia and beyond
The seven day U S China visit affects global foreign affairs with two way trade and people to people exchanges while leaving concrete gains limited. Taiwan fears for status amid Nixon Mao Chou talks. Moscow wary of U S Chinese alignment as Washington plans a Moscow visit. Public reaction in the U S is generally favorable with bipartisan praise and some conservative crackles.
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Washington
Nixon
China
U.S
Peking
Ottawa
Washington- Peking
America
Taiwan
Mao Tse-tung
Chou Enlai
Marshall Green
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Chou
Shanghai
Island
Trud
U.S.A
Asia
South Vietnam
Birmingham flyer captured in North Vietnam raid
HONG KONG AP reports Air Force Captain Edwin Alexander Hawley of Birmingham Alabama described his capture by North Vietnamese forces after raids on February 16 and 17. Hanoi Radio said he is in a detention camp with burns being treated. bandages were changed during the broadcast. Congressional leaders were briefed on his return. Republican leaders voiced shock at Nixon's Taiwan pledge while some New York and California GOP figures criticized his diplomacy. Democratic contenders split along liberal conservative lines.
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Hong Kong
Birmingham
Ala
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Air Force
Edwin Alexander Hawley
Radio Hanoi
Hawley
John M. Ashbrook
California
Nixon
Taiwan
James L. Buckley
New York
Muskie Campaign Slows as Primary Season Opens
The Muskie drive for the Democratic nomination falters with the New Hampshire primary near. Polls show his lead shrinking in New Hampshire and Florida, while Wallace rises in Florida and Humphrey gains in Wisconsin. Momentum wanes as endorsements fade and grass roots organization lags.
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Edmund Muskie
New Hampshire
George Wallace
Florida
R. W. Apple
New York Times News Service
Chicago
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Wallace
Wisconsin
Anne Wexler
National Observer
Sen
George McGovern
South Dakota
New Shampshire
New York
John Lindsay
Calhoun Hosts JA Conference
Junior Achievement of North Central Alabama held its Free Enterprise Conference at Calhoun Junior College to foster exchange between teens and area businessmen on economics and patriotism. About 125 attended as Rex Cheatham Kaye Weathers and Ray Houge spoke on Ten Pillars of Economic Wisdom.
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Junior Achievement of
North Central
Alabama
Free Enterprise
Calhoun Junior College
Gordon Gibbs
United States
Gibbs
Rex Cheatham
Calhoun
Kaye Weathers
Austin High School
Ray Houge
Decatur High School
George Maness
Cotaco Methodist Church
Marvin Jolly
The
Goodteen Co
Becky Wimberly
Tri-M-Co
Letters Praise Decatur Daily Opportunity Edition
The Alabama Farm Bureau Federation testimony congratulates the Decatur Daily on the Opportunity edition dated March 2, 1972. JD Hays, president, commends the agricultural section and the newspaper staff for their planning and cooperation and notes a long, mutual future for Alabama readers.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Decatur Daily
JD. Hays
Alabama Farm Bureau Federation
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Hubert Humphrey
Senate
By Lewis Gulick
Kremlin
Edward Coll
Hartford
Conn
D-Me
Nashua
N.H
Illinois
Mois
Boston Globe
John V. Tunney
Theresa Best
Cotaco
Enterprise
Bobby Herbert
Tunney
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Humphrey
Gallup
Miami Beach
Johnson
Kennedy
Judson Branch
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