Cromley Column Sees Ford Swing Hard After Nomination
Kansas City columnist Ray Cromley analyzes Ford’s abrupt shift to aggressive campaign mode after clinching the nomination. He highlights Ford’s choice of running mate Robert Dole, the Dean of attack politics, and the likely lines of attack against Carter and Mondale on Watergate and credibility.
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Ray Cromley
Kansas City
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
United States
John Sears
Wnround
Jerry Ford
Mr. Ford
President Truman
Harry Truman
Tom Dewey
Ford
Carter
Jimmy Carter
White House
Sen
Robert Dole
Kansas
Barry Goldwater
Dole
Labor
Walter Mondale
Watergate
Senate
Congressional Quarterly
Speaking Freely Looks at Carter Ford and the 1976 Race
Don Oakley analyzes the 1976 presidential contest noting Ford trails Carter in polls yet gains from debates. The piece compares Truman Dewey dynamics, audience image versus issues, and the impact of party images on voter behavior. Carter is described as a nonestablishment, quasi conservative leader shaping the race.
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Don Oakley
Jimmy Carte
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Gerald Ford
Ford
Washington
Carter
Dewey
Robert Dale
Kansas
South
Jimmy Carter
It’s A Fact Frost Patterns on Window Panes De Pend
Frost patterns on window panes depend on microscopic impurities in invisible surface cracks. The Blass surface shows how tiny flaws guide crystal forms influencing light diffraction and texture. This phenomenon bridges material science and visual effects in glazing.
White House and lawyers block no fault insurance pact
Washington reports that the White House and trial lawyers teamed up to derail Senate bill 354, delaying no fault auto coverage. The effort involved lobbying by Timmons and Company and White House aide Joe Jenckes, shifting Senate votes while campaign contributions flowed to supporting senators.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
White House
Senate
Timmons and Company
Capitol Hill
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
William Timmons
Tom Korologos
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Timmons
Korologos
Ford
Kansas City
Transportation
William Coleman
Joe Jenckes
Jenckes
Korologas
Jerickes
Congress
Capital Hill
Sen
J. Glenn Beall
R.md
Senate Commerce Committee
Beall
Robert Stafford
R.vt
Stafford
Koval
Gary Cohn
Tourists Asked to Repent as Orthodoxy Prays for Protection
A Times of London item notes the Greek Orthodox Church issued a morning and evening prayer asking for protection from tourist disruption. Art Buchwald proposes a counter prayer for tourists, listing comic grievances from hijacked flights to overlong hotel stays and misfired tipping, closing with thanks to Hilton Cook and American Express.
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Art Buchwald
Ford
Times of London
Lord Jesus Christ
Son of God
Conrad Hilton
Thomas Cook
The
American Express
Los
Mandarin Chinese leads world languages by speakers
The article notes Mandarin Chinese is spoken by about 650 million people, more than any other language. It contrasts with the Marble Arch in Hyde Park London where the main gate opens only for the British Royal Family.
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Hyde Park
London
Co-determination move fuels British labor power push
Victor Riesel surveys European labor movements and argues that British Labour seeks industrial democracy by placing labor on city council boards and public bodies. He notes co-determination in Germany and Sweden as models and warns of potential shifts in national and local power if unions gain half the seats on elected councils.
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Victor Riesel
London
Big Ben
Labor Party
Civil Service
Heinz Vetter
Germany
National Labor Federation
DGB
Frankfurt
New York City
Europe
U.S
New York Times
Social Democrats
National Union of Public
Labor
America
Jerry Wurf
American Federation of State, County
German Labor Movement
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