Independent voters form a largely disinterested bloc in elections
Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center show independents are mostly disinterested or uninformed, with only about one percent forming a highly informed elite. The study traces party loyalties, regional shifts, and the impact of media on voter beliefs across decades.
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Prof
Angus Campbell
Survey Research Center
University of Michigan
Institute For Social Research
SRC
Republican Party
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
surtax on law violators fines to fund new jail
In Louisville Kentucky a new surtax adds two dollars to criminal and traffic fines except parking in Louisville and Jefferson County. County Attorney E P Sawyer says the revenue will determine if the county issues four million dollars in bonds to finance a new jail. The fees are to be used to repay the bonds.
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Louisville
Jefferson County
E. P. Sawyer
Thirteen Joined Zion Lutheran Church at Blair
Thirteen persons were recently received into membership in the Zion Lutheran Church congregation at Blair Wisconsin.
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Blair
Wis
Zion Lutherian Church
Federal Court Sets Week to Reopen Prince Edward Schools
A federal judge in Richmond orders Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors to appropriate funds and levy taxes to reopen public schools closed since 1959 to avoid desegregation. The deadline is June 25, with the court maintaining a nondiscriminatory operation and continuing aid restrictions for private education. The board did not commit to acting, while legal counsel weighs penalties for noncompliance.
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Richmond
Prince Edward
Lewis
U.S. District Court
Douglas-Home Opens Door for China at U.N.
Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home urged admitting Communist China to the United Nations to use Western influence to steer Peking away from force. In the Commons he noted Soviet doctrine shifts and argued for increased West China contact to gradually wean them from aggression.
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London
Alec Douglas-Home
China
United Nations
Peking
House of Commons
Labor Party
United States
Douglas-Home
Soviet Union
Girl in coma after flowerpot fall on Manhattan street
Monica Lesser aged 9 entered the second week in a coma after a flowerpot fell from a 16th floor window hitting her on 65th Street in Manhattan as she walked with her mother Mrs Hans Lesser.
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New York
Monica Lesser
Monica
Hans Lesser
65Th Street
Manhattan
June Chautauqua Study Club Breakfast Meeting
SPRING GROVE MINN The June meeting of the Chautauqua Study Club will be a breakfast at Recreation Park Monday June 22 at 9 30 a.m. Also an advertisement for Keratolytic T four L products claims quick relief for athlete's foot with skin sloughing and a back guarantee.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Chautauqua Study Club
Recreation Park
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