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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1968
Page
15
Reports from in Nixon camp claim the 1968 results prove a simple thesis about the president, but observers say myths and misconceptions arise after every election. The NEA piece notes persistent rumors, contrasts with actual vote patterns, and emphasizes cautious interpretation of polling and campaign signals.
Johnson's Vietnam bombing halt just before the election narrowed Nixon's lead in California and New York, though Humphrey still held strong in core cities like Philadelphia. The analysis notes heavy black turnout and older Democratic coalitions overriding the halt, while southern base erosion and Wallace's impact shaped the final results.
After a month of deflecting furious reader feedback over a so called master word test the columnist relents and offers the solutions to the exercise. The piece shows tension between writer and audience and hints at a broader public debate about intellectual games.
The piece lists 15 terms with definitions and examples, including sciamachy as fighting shadows, aleatory meaning chance, rataplan as drum or horse sound, apophasis as a hinted denial, autodidact as self taught, and als o opsimathy late life education, among others. It pairs each term with a concise explanation and context.
Ronald Seth chronicles SMERSH the Russian security service describing real life assassinations kidnappings and blackmail based on defectors' confessions and security records. Bill Shelton notes this is the first full length history of the organization.
A discussion outlines five reforms to the U S system for choosing presidents. It argues abolishing the electoral college and the vice presidency, plus two other reforms, with a plan to convert each state’s popular vote into electoral votes proportionally.
The author argues for major reforms including eliminating the presidential interregnum, allowing mutual changeover dates, extending House terms to four years with staggered elections, and letting voters select an alternate candidate. These changes aim to reduce paralysis and better reflect the people's will in a modern democracy.
A columnist mocks the elusive entity THEY as the all powerful invisible group shaping events from the presidency to everyday life. The piece notes THEY supposedly know Hoover's successor and claim escalation before any peace talks commence.
Dr H Bruce Dull says there is no immunological evidence that flu vaccination builds general resistance or prevents common colds. He notes vaccines use killed virus and cannot cause flu, though some vaccine responses resemble flu symptoms. The piece cites Antibiotic News and a separate Finnish Depo Medrol study for arthritis and tennis elbow treatment results.
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