Yorty’s generous gesture cited in California primary
Editorial examines Sam Yorty’s suggestion that his late endorsement helped Humphrey place strongly. It notes poll data showing Humphrey trailing McGovern and minor support from other candidates, and questions the impact of Yorty’s actions. The piece hints Yorty may seek to persuade Miami convention delegates to follow his lead.
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Sam Yorty
Inedia
Hubert Humphrey
California
Yorty
Humphrey
George McGovern
Minnesota
Samuel W. Yorty
Connally for VP Speculation Grows as Nixon Tours Abroad
Speculation rises that John Connally could join Richard Nixon on the ticket as the president expands his foreign outreach with a 15 nation tour. Gerald Ford challenges Agnew's view, while analysts question Connally’s potential impact in the South and Texas amid shifting party loyalties and Wallace’s candidacy.
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John Connally
Nixon
Connally
House
Gerald Ford
Agnew
South
George Wallace
Wallace
Texas
McGovern Faces VP Pick Test Amid Wallace Maneuvering
Hubert Humphrey hints Wallace could back him if platform concessions are made, while Wallace backers urge Dem candidates to adopt war amnesty and marijuana legalization. McGovern is seen as the likely nominee, with debate over a vice president choice to soften his radical image. Suggested possibilities include Reubin Askew or Terry Sanford.
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Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Wallace
Humphrey
George McGovern
McGovern
South
Reubin Askew
Florida
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Yale
The influence of black studies in American higher education
A survey of black educators scholars and intellectuals shows black studies have transformed U S higher education. More than 600 colleges offer black oriented courses and at least twenty have black studies departments or centers. Views vary but broad acceptance grows despite dissent from Bayard Rustin.
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New York
Vincent Harding
The
Institute of the Black World
America
Preston Wilcox
Columbia University
Bayard Rustin
Time to fall in behind McGovern
In 1970 Hubert Humphrey warned Democrats to unite behind a single candidate in 1971. By mid 1972 McGovern stood as the strongest, most organized survivor of the long primary, with Humphrey Muskie and Kennedy pressed to rally behind him to avoid fratricide and a potential Democratic disaster.
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New York
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
John Lindsay
Eugene McCarthy
Edmund Muskie
Henry Jackson
George McGovern
South Dakota
Humphrey
McGovern
Candidate for president declares independence from parties
Mark Davidson, a university professor and former journalist, runs as a symbolic candidate who refuses campaign contributions and votes for himself. He aims to promote a planetfocused platform emphasizing human brotherhood and reform, while urging two-party candidates to adopt his ideas without joining a party.
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Mark Davidson
California State University
Fullerton
Los Angeles
White House
Davidson
Brotherhood of Man
United States
China
United Nations
Peking
Jose
Cal
J-Iv
Nine On the Line
Ucla Monthly
USC
Northridge
Valley State
UCLA
Patrick Henry
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