Early disclosure of running mates gains traction in GOP
A proposed rule to disclose probable vice presidential picks before conventions gains support, including Oklahoma's 36 delegates, with backing from Reagan forces. The move could shift leverage to delegates and affect Ford’s nomination race as well as Carter's choice of Mondale. The debate mirrors past VP selections and their impact on ticket strength.
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Kansas City
Reaganites Sharpen Platform with Maxim Gun Imagery
Article notes how Reagan allies, led by Martin Anderson, revised Republican platform planks on life, busing, welfare, gun control, health, economics and foreign policy to a forceful conservative stance. It contrasts Fordite moderation with conservative framing and argues Carter becomes vulnerable to a charged, decisive rhetoric.
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Hilaire Belloc
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Martin Anderson
Hoover Institution
Palo Alto
Calfornia
Ford
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Platform Committee
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Jimmy Carter
Die Was Cast In Kansas City
The piece argues President Ford will campaign on opposing Democratic policy and inflation, contrasting a GOP platform of less government with Democratic plans for health care, welfare federalization, and education. It cites an OMB study projecting $1,000 annual tax increases and $200 billion yearly spending if six Democratic programs pass, framing the election as a fight against a swollen bureaucracy.
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Kansas City
White House
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
GOP
Congress
Executive Branch
Humphrey- Hawkins
National Health Insurance
Washington
Washington promises vs penny-pinching voters in Kansas City
Andrew Tully notes a possible 100 billion dollar federal budget rise in 1979. The piece argues Democrats face accusations of profligacy as government costs rise and Congress expands. It frames voters debating frugality against pledges of freebies amid party control patterns.
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Washington
Oklahoma Republicans eye fall campaign cash from hairshirts
Delegates to the Republican convention in Oklahoma mock a Reagan mourning mood while implying staged sacrifice for ballots. They question Schweiker support and joke about new $2 bills. Dewey Bartlett calls for West Point integrity and envisions party harmony before his 1978 run.
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Oklahoma
Reagan
Bartlett
Harmony
Kansas City
Monsters, Myth, and Midwestern Tales Across Decades
A playful, opinionated survey traces Nessie sightings and monster legends from 19th and 20th century folklore to modern culture. It notes Nessie’s evolving image, Doonesbury’s liaison rumors with the monster, and a string of famous cryptids including Bigfoot and the Snaligaster in a mock news voice.
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Times
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Doonesbury
St. Columba
George Spicer
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England
Spicers
Gallup
Henry Kissinger
Trudeau
Yale
the Times
Nether Laputitia
Quote on enemy history by Henry W Longfellow
The quote suggests that reading the hidden history of others would reveal universal sorrow and suffering in each life, which would soften hostility and promote empathy. It attributes the reflection to Henry Wad sworth Longfellow.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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