Inside Labor Meany and Nixon’s political war
Washington profile of George Meany showing how AFL CIO mobilizes 13.6 million members to back the Democratic Party and pressure Nixon. It covers Meany’s influence at the 1968 convention, the evolving labor alliance, and tensions with the White House over welfare, revenue sharing, and foreign policy. The piece notes Meany’s blunt tactics, the 1972 delegate shift, and upcoming strategy after Europe trip.
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Order of the Buffalo
Chicago
Ill
George Meany
Afl-Cio Cope
Alexander E. Barkan
Labor
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Meany
Afl-Cio
Bers
Executive Council
Nixon
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Genghis Kahn
U.S
Mr. Nixon
Lane Kirkland
Labor Federation
China
Berlin
Peking
Europe
Larry O'Brien
South Viet Nam elects amid swap of candidates and chaos
October 3 presidential race stumbles as General Minh withdraws amid fraud claims and Thieu remains, Ky swings in and out of eligibility. Public mood shifts to withdrawal, while the Journal and Harris poll question U.S. troop withdrawal and the South Vietnamese ability to govern. The piece notes democracy’s uncertain rise from war and colonial rule in a skeptical, period-voiced analysis.
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Don Qukley
South Vietnam
Big
Minh
Thieu
Supreme Court
K&t
Vietnam
United States
Harris
Wall Street Journal
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thien
Truong Dinh Dzu
North Vietnam
South
Saigon
Hanus
Indiana Evening Gazette Subscription Rates and Staff
The Indiana Evening Gazette lists staff roles including President Elizabeth E W Ly Treasurer Amy E Taylor Ray secretary R Hastie Ray and Managing Editor Russell M Hickey with William B Hastings as Editor Frank B Hood News Editor and Joseph Donnelly Advertising Mgr. It notes Associated Press membership and rates for carrier, motor route, and mail subscriptions with various durations and prices. The notice includes imprint and mailing details for Indiana and surrounding counties.
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RH. Ray
Elizabeth E
Amy'e Taylor Ray
R.hastie Ray
Eairut
Russell M. Hickey
Mgr
Joseph. Donnelly
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
AP News
Carrier Boy
Indiana
Amstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Lydiaz Peon
FBI Slacks On Mafia Assault Amid Political Strategy
Washington column notes Sen. George McGovern plans a broad primary push including California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oregon, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin with Muskie favored in New Hampshire and Florida. Also critiques FBI role in anti-M Mafia task forces and cultural debates over the Kennedy Center leadership and hiring practices.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
George McGovern
D-S.c
Virgin Islands
California
Florida
Illinois
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Oregon
South Dakota
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Ed Muskie
D-Me
McGovern
Muskie
Henry Kimelman
FBI
MAFIA
What's New In Rabbits and Other Nature Bits
HAL BOYLE reports Miss Mary Niklas's ecologically flavored notes on toads that eat thousands of pests, octopuses with three hearts, camels with busy backs, bees with precise routines, rabbits that swim and fight, a grasshopper leaping 16 feet, polar bears dwindling from 20,000 to 8,000, Kurtus fish incubating eggs on the forehead, and curious animal facts alongside a Medicare benefits Q and A.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Mary Niklas
Mary
Niklas
United States
Australia
Germany
The New Fall Term From Liberal View by Art Buchwald
In a Washington column, Art Buchwald imagines a tough fall for schoolchildren as teachers face unkept raises. A public school class routes through arithmetic and English with questions about wages, freezes, and President Nixon’s policies. Students debate strikes, costs of living, and the president’s plans, ending with a homework assignment to write to Nixon.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
Anthony
Susan
Johnny
Nixon
Readers Write Sewage Plant Plans Questioned
Open letter from Homer City resident Joseph Donnelly questions the practicality of a separate Indiana White Township facility and urges a public forum to debate a joint Indiana Homer City sewage treatment plant. He asks if Wilcox Russo or Rep Shane have visited the site in Center Two and advocates an independent feasibility study before any land is disturbed.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Joseph Donnelly
Donnelly
William Wilcox
John Russo
Bureau of Government Service
W. R. Shane
Indiana-Homer Center
Indiana-White Township
Homer City
Wilcox
Russo
Center Two
Barre
Black Lick
Shane
Harrisburg
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Richard Nixon
Mr. Labor
Hotel Pierre
Water St
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Centipede Crime Syndicate
Treasury
Narcotics
Postal
New York City
Cosa Nostra
West Coast
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Miami
New Orleans
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Formost
Lyndon Johnson
Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Public Works Palace
Potomac
Roger Stevens
International, Telephone and Telegraph
Stevens
la Grande Scene
Kennedy Center
Jack Kennedy
America
Hloatug
Boyle
Social Security
Social Security Office
Charles
Carol
Hoover
David
Bobby
Freddy
Joel
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