One Term Nixon in Meany’s Calculated Labor Politics
AFL-CIO chief George Meany may back a Nixon bid or oppose a liberal Democrat as he weighs a role in Nixon’s image. He privately aims to influence a one term presidency while maintaining leverage over Vietnam and labor concerns.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Mr. Meany
Miami Beach
Meany
House
U.S. News and World Report
John Lindsay
George McGovern
Jackson
Mary Lindsay
Lindsay
Mary
Larry
George Eany
Congress Absentees Nagged by Smith Mansfield Team
Sen Margaret Chase Smith champions a 60 percent voting threshold and a constitutional amendment to purge lawmakers who miss votes. Senate Leader Mike Mansfield counters that absenteeism harms the body and the people. The column praises their joint critique of stalled votes and partisan bickering.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Congress
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Maggie” Smith
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
William Saxbe
Ohio
Mansfield
Magpie
Mike
Opera cuts prices to fill seats three times weekly
An article notes the Metropolitan Opera tests lower prices from 16.50 to 12.50 for some seats on a thrice weekly schedule to attract larger audiences. A reader jokes about paying people to attend, while the piece also comments on restless children and nighttime cries.
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Metropolitan Opera
Democrats Telethon Mock Adopts Political Deficit Theme
Washington story spoof shows Democrats planning a nationwide telethon to cure a fictional political deficit disease. The piece mocks campaign fundraising with celebrity cameos and calls to donate via a fake Jackson 6 2000 number while naming real figures like Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey.
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Larry O'Brien
America
Jackson
Sen
Fred Harris
Carlsbad Caverns pioneer honored by community
The article recalls Colonel Tom Boles known as Mister Carlsbad Caverns now in a convalescent home. He built the Caverns into a major tourist site since 1927 when it was a national monument, decades before his retirement in 1949. He is widely respected in West Texas and New Mexico for his vision and energy.
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New York Times
Pentagon
Daniel Ellsberg
U.S
Southeast Asia
the Times
Howard Hughes
Clifford) Irving
Hughes
Crosbyton
Lubbock
Brownfield
West Texas
Minnesota
Alabama
Carlsbad Caverns
Carlsbad
Col
Tom Boles
Tam
Caverns
Bossman
Carlsbad Caverns National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
West
Texas
New Mexico
Roy B. Davis
Plains Co-Op
Mr. D
New Orleans
Roy Davis
Muskie
Vietnam
Clifford
Rogers
New Left
Rowe
Quick Riddles and Baseball Clowns From I M Boyd
A jumble of questions and anecdotes notes quirks such as hay fever misnomers and the monarch butterfly. It recalls baseball figures like Rube Waddell and Dizzy Dean with light joking on clowns and social mores.
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Rube Waddell
Rube Newsom
Dizzy Dean
Babe Ruth
Turkish opium ban tied to US aid in drug war
Washington reports a joint US Turkey plan to ban opium poppies, with Turkey to receive 35 million dollars over four years plus 300 thousand to inspect fields. Critics warn secret fields and farmer incentives may undercut the program, while heroin profits remain vast.
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Turkey
Nice
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State Department
Nelson Gross
Iran
U.S. Treasury
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Hubert Humphrey
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