Democrats Lagging On Image In Party Debates
In this analysis the author argues Democrats fail to improve their public image amid infighting over delegate selection for the 1976 convention. The piece contrasts GOP fundraising strength with Democratic divisions, cites figures and quotes, and notes broader political dynamics including Watergate's impact and church state concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee
McGovernite
Wall Street Journal
Robert Strauss
Ted Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Sen
Humphrey
GOP
George Bush
Bush
Lubbock
Washington
Blurb Business Doodles Show Writer's Dilemma
In a humorous column Art Buchwald lampoons the pageantry of book blurbs. He recalls publishers demanding twenty endorsements, the scramble to read galleys, and the farcical pressure to praise peers. He riffs on conflicts with Waldo Kransky and the absurdity of blurb politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Waldo Kransky
Kransky
Author's League
The
League
Norman Mailer
Maynard Bowditch
Marilyn Monroe
Red Army General Grigorenko Revealed Alive by CIA
CIA operatives in the USSR disclose that Gen. Pyotr G. Grigorenko is alive after four years missing. The famed Soviet hero, once deemed sane by the Kremlin in 1969, was secretly detained by the KGB near Moscow and confined at the Serbsky Institute following protests over the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Intelligence Agency
Ussr
Red Army
Pyotr G. Grigorenko
Gen. Grigorenko
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Grigorenko
KGB
Moscow
Kinietsky Bridge
Serbsky Institute
Chernyakhovsk
Kaliningrad
CIA
Stolbovaya
Yotin Davidovich
Ludvik Svoboda
Hradcany Castle
Prague
Dubcek
Bratislava
Dimitri Diakonov
Mexico City
Diakonov
Butirki
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
United States
U.S
Budapest
Szabadsag Ter
Freedom Square
AVH
Secret Police
Horace Greville
Oleg Penovskiy
Szolnok
Hungary
McGovern List Sells Donor Names in New Fundraising Form
Senator George McGovern has earned 113000 this year by renting his 600000 to 650000-name donor list to liberal and public interest groups. The scheme, priced at 35 dollars per thousand, raises questions of ethics and state campaign implications while McGovern keeps the list his personal property and uses profits to offset 1972 debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clem McSpadden
Oklahoma
Washington
George McGovern
McGovern
Democratic Party
White House
South Dakota
Senate
Environmental Action Fund
Common Cause
Public Citizen
New Populist Action
Naacp Committee of 100
American Friends Service Committee
American Civil Liberties Union
The
Martin Luther King Foundation
Council For A Livable World
Americans For Democratic Action
Southern Poverty Law Center
United Nations Association
World Magazine
Washington Monthly
Democratic National Committee
DNC
Robert Strauss
Tech Mascot Controversy Reignites at Texas Tech Games
Jay Harris notes midway through the season that Texas Tech has stopped bringing large mascots on road trips due to turf damage and safety concerns. Bevo Bevo Bevo and other mascot traditions reappear in Cotton Bowl memories, with debates over the Red Raider Masked Rider and the cannon’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Tech
Red Raiders
Crimson
Tech
Longhorns
Reveille
Texas A&m
Tech-Aggie
King
Dee Weaver
Raiders
Jacksonville
Auburn
Joe Kirk Fulton
Little Rock
Frank Broyles
Broyles
Yosemite Sam
Dirk West
Anatomy of the pig and human likeness noted by expert
A haberdasher cites experience on buying trends. men resist price while women stall. L.M. Boyd notes pigs share diseases with humans and reflects on the animal's plight and health issues.
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Ats Ce Oy
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Roberta Norris
J.C. Rickman
Sol Davide
Knapp Jay Harris
Rolbert
Kenneth May
Eastor Carlncannon
Robert C. McVay
Texas
United
Ehich
Witenberg
Kennedy
New York
Nelson Rockfeller
John Connally
Illinois
Charles Percy
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Demos
Lester Roloff
South Texas
ART Buchwald
Henry J. Taylor
Alma Ata
Siberian
Legion of the Living Dead
Simas Kudirka
U.S. Coast Guard
U. S
Kudirka
Sailor Kudirka
Vilna
Jay Harris
Darrell Royal
Sooners
Bevo
State Fair
Ted
Aggies
L.M. Boyd
P.O
Fort Worth
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