Democrats Face Charter Fallout and Party Strife
Editorial laments Democratic infighting after the Kansas City charter vote and warns that factional battles may persist without a strong presidential candidate. It notes McGovern’s 1972 collapse, argues charter concessions may not alter 1976 chances, and questions party unity until a candidate provides clear politics and broader appeal.
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Jackass
McGovern
Kansas City
Labor
Democratic Party
America
Robert §. Strauss
Uptown downtown quarrel tests city language usage
Greensboro editors ponder urban language in a North Carolina cross city debate over uptown versus downtown. The Charlotte Observer and Uptown Committee clash over naming a central business district, while lexicographers and Jane Jacobs offer cautious guidance.
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Greensboro
N.C
Greensboro Daily News
Charlotte
Jan Haage
Jan Haage Coul
Charlotte Observer
Uptown
Central Charlotte Association
Observer
Charlottes
U.S
Downtown
Jane Jacobs
Jacobs
Charter marks shift in Democratic party power at Kansas City
The three day mid term conference produced the party charter, signaling a move away from Meany and Barkan. A new coalition of reform minded leaders including governors blacks women and progressive labor rose to influence. The compromise on affirmative action prevented a walkout and cemented a coalition that could win with activists from four key groups.
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Kansas City
Jack Conway
Common Cause
Conway
Democratic Party
Mise
Meany
Afl-Cio
Barkan
Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Watt
American Federation of State
Watts
Communications Workers of America
Robert Strauss
Ohe
Strauss
Hilton” Head
D.C
Minnesota
Wendell Anderson
Florida
Reuben Askew
Richard Daley
Chicago
Peter Camiel
Philadelphia
Letters to the Editor on Society Symposium and Public Figures
A sequence of reader letters praises the Long Beach Symposium on the State of American Society 1974 and the paper's coverage. Contributors defend free speech for General Brown, commend Ed Davis, critique national spending on holidays, and urge broader political balance in American journalism amid Watergate reflections.
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Stephen Horn
California State University At
Long Beach
Ceorge Hanawalt
General Brown
Jerome Stewart Midway Guy
Los Angeles
Ed Davis
Watergate
Democratic Party
Congress
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New York City
Paris
Maxim’s
Frances
Delpcter
Cea
George Meany
al Barkan
Leonard Woodcock
Jerry Wurf
Sheap Watts
Earl Craig
Craig
Democratic National Committee
Albert Eisele
Renee. Simon
Brown
Fane
Nixon
Richard Nixon
8. Burke
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