Health of presidential nominees a public concern
Jim Bishop argues voters deserve frank medical checks for White House hopefuls. He cites Harrison, Polk, Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, Johnson, Arthur, McKinley, Roosevelt, Wilson, Harding, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and others to illustrate how health shaped administrations, urging mandatory examinations and disclosure before elections.
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Jim Bishop
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
White House
James Knox Polk
Zachary Taylor
Lincoln
Garfield
Andrew Johnson
Chester A. Arthur
William McKinley
Buffalo
N.Y
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Bull Moose
Princeton
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Senate
League of Nations
Pueblo
Colo
U.S
Admiral Grayson
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Alaska
San Francisco
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations
Germany
U.N
Warm Springs
Harry Truman
Emery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denver
John F. Kennedy
United States
Oval Office
Cromley Column Connally 1976 GOP Bloc Choice
Washington NEA report where an informal Republican backer group eyeing 1976 considers John Connally for top roles. They favor his diplomacy and treasury experience but doubt him as Nixon’s running mate, proposing him as secretary of state instead. Connally’s international diplomacy is noted, with no contact from him yet. The piece closes with a trivia Q about Charlotte Cushman entering the Hall of Fame.
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Ray Cromley Washington
NEA
Richard Nixon
Texas
Navy
Treasury
John Connally
Nixon
Friend Connally
White House
Connally
Republic
U.S
Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Martin van Buren
Spiro Agnew
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
van Buren
Buchanan
State
Supreme Court
John Marshall
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
Elihu Root
Robert Lansing
Charles E. Hughes
Frank Kellogg
Henry Stimson
James Blaine
Cordell Hull
John Foster Dulles
Dean Acheson
Russians and Chinese Near War Warns Washington
Washington briefing details a rising Sino Soviet confrontation along a 5000 mile frontier. Nixon warns of U S interests, Moscow fears Chinese expansion, and forces mass on borders as China and Russia accelerate military buildup. McGovern campaign aims defense taxes welfare shifts outlined. Brezhnev and Mao discussed missiles and silos in private chat.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Russia
China
Nixon
Moscow
Peking
U.S
United States
Kremlin
India
Pakistan
Thailand
Philippines
Lop Nor
Sinkiang
Lake
Henry Kissinger
McGovern
George McGovern
Eisenhower
Korea
House Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
Senate
Russell
Red China
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Nixon orders spending slash to curb meat costs
Washington reports President Nixon convened his Quadriad in the Oval Room amid rising food prices and meat import quotas to push heavy spending cuts and consider price controls. Treasury's Shultz and economists urged restraint while noting wage gains and housing starts. Meany is kept briefed on domestic policy.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
Richard Nixon
Lionel Hampton
Congress
Connally
George Shultz
Shultz
Pay Board-Price Commission
Nixon
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
White House
To Ms or Not To Ms The Boyle Column Debate
Louise Cook reports on Hal Boyle tracing the Ms title controversy among liberated women. The piece contrasts English usage with French Spanish and German terms, notes pronunciation challenges, and argues the title does not advance women’s rights or equality.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
NEW York
Restocked antitoxin stations ahead of July 4
A 1922 note says Pennsylvania Health Department restocked tetanus antitoxin stations despite recent laws against dangerous fireworks. The piece also recalls 1947 summer business closures on Wednesdays, 1962 Indiana Lions Club stock car racing promos, and a Q A section on early cabinet naming, tsunamis, thrips, the Texas Rangers, and diamonds.
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Pennsylvania
State Health Department
Indiana
Indiana Lions Club
Mack Community Center
Latrobe Speedway
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Charlotte Cushman
Water St
THE
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Indiana, Pa
B. Ray
Elizabeth R. Sweene
Amye Taylor Ray
R. Hastie Ray
Russell M. Hickey
Joseph L. Donnelly
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
ASSOC
AsSociated
AP News
Carrier Boy
Staid News
Tated Press
Cambria
Crarfield
Rass
Alexei Kosygin
Labor
Hodgson
Richardson
Congressional
Clark MacGregor
John Ehrlichman
Mexico
Herb Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve System
Burns
International Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Berry's
Boyle
Madame
Madamoiselle
Ms. Pompadour
Gis
Armentiers
Senora
Senorita
Spain
Frau
Fraulein
Executive Department
James Madison
Texas Rangers
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