Nixon Strategy Running Scared And Aiming High
Gaylord Shaw outlines Nixon re election plan centering on wins in California New York Texas and Illinois with focus on large states and key midwestern southern wins. Campaign will stress foreign policy peace trips and economic contrasts while courting a more tractable Congress and shifting ad budget to grassroots organizing.
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Nixon
Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
White House
California
New York
Texas
Illinois
South
Midwest
Clark MacGregor
Spiro T. Agnew
Louis Harris
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
GOP
Eisen
Hower
China
Soviet Union
Vietnam
McGovern
Congress
Patriarch Demetrius pledges path to reunion in Istanbul
Istanbul Turkey AP report notes Demetrius I ecumenical patriarch and successor to Athenagoras I who died July 6 vows to follow the bright straight path toward Christian reunion. The 58 year old leader pledges continuity with his late predecessor’s effort.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Demetrius I
Athenagoras I
Demetrius
Athenagoras
Balloon Man and John Wayne Helped Rally Nixon Nomination
Miami Beach AP report details a tightly staged convention finale that featured a balloon drop, scripted speeches, and a TV orchestrated display designed to boost Nixon. It cites scriptwriter Russ Freeburg coordinating timing, John Wayne’s appearance, and a 22 000 balloon setup by Frank Martin’s crew, with balloons finally bursting as Ford declared Nixon the nominee.
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Miami Beach
Fla
John Wayne
Nixon
Butch Stein
Elkins Park
Gerald R. Ford
Russ Freeburg
Freeburg
Chicago
Newspapersman
ABC News
Ford
Wayne
Paul N. McCloskey
Tom Mayer
New Mexico
Manual Lujan
McCloskey
Mayer
Frank Martin
Martin
Miami
204Nan
Highway Patrol
Military Activity Up In Hawaii
In Hawaii as Vietnam winds down Army and Marine units reform and grow. Hawaii’s military population nears 119 thousand with plans to add 4,000 to the 25th Division and about 1,000 to the Kaneohe First Brigade by mid next year. Housing needs rise as units near full strength.
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Army
Schofield Barracks
Marine Corps
Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station
Military housing, traffic, and noise rise with buildup
Maj. Gen. Thomas W. Mellen warned that troops will face tighter living accommodations as a buildup in Hawaii expands at Kaneohe and on Oahu. He noted increased traffic, school expansion needs, and nuisance from added helicopter noise despite several million dollars spent, stressing civilian impact and community friction.
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Marine Corps
Kaneohe
Thomas W. Mellen
U.S. Army
Hawaii
26Th Division
Oahu
Mellen
Kirkpatrick Boxes Save 2.7 Million for Missouri
Missouri secretary of state James C. Kirkpatrick announced that storing semi active records in 10cent cardboard boxes over seven years saved taxpayers about 2.7 million dollars. He noted 126 million records are searchable in three minutes, and since 1965 the Records Management and Archives Service destroyed 118 million useless papers. He urged an inexpensive state archives building as the state pays 3700 dollars monthly rent for a temporary center in Jefferson City.
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James C. Kirkpatrick
Missouri
Kirkpatrick
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