Wallace Gambles to Break 144 Year Presidential Impasse
George C. Wallace seeks to force a House of Representatives vote by denying a clear nationwide majority. The piece reviews the electoral college history from Jefferson Burr to Adams and Tilden, and outlines reform ideas including direct national election and proportional or district-based plans.
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Mount Vernon
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
House
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Samuel J. Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
Spe
Cial
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Wallace
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
Supreme Court
Scissors Out After Requests On Foreign Aid
Congress debates a $3 billion foreign aid request with cuts seen to the $3.2 billion plan while a $100 million Korea military aid remains likely. Leaders forecast hearings by Feb 26 and action by May with mixed support amid Vietnam war concerns.
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Washington
Congressional
Johnson
South Korea
Congress
E. Ross Adair
Indiana
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
House Appropriations Committee
Adair
Bow
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fulbright
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Cancer as Child Health Challenge in United States
A brief note states cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, with a focus on pediatric impact as it begins to address childhood cancer demographics and outcomes.
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Kansas University
Kenneth Spencer
Strong Hall
United States
Britain considers sweeping divorce reform amid ‘Casanova Charter’ uproar
In London's Parliament a radical divorce reform bill faces fierce debate. It would allow divorce on grounds of irretrievable breakdown and two years or five years apart, with critics warning of compulsory divorces and financial losses for wives. Baroness Summerskill argues pensions may shift to the second wife.
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London
House of Commons
Britain
Larly
Baroness Summerskill
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