How Can Ford Win Questioning a 1976 Campaign Strategy
Washington column argues Ford must unite Republicans in Kansas City with Reagan Connally Rockefeller, consider Brooke or Baker as running mate, target northern states while winning the South, stress an honest economy and inflation focus, and replace a flawed staff to turn the campaign around.
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Washington
Gerald ‘Ford
Carter
Gerald Ford
Kansas City
Ronald Reagan
John Connally
Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
Mr. Ford
Texas
Howard Baker
Ford
New York
Sen
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Jimmy
Humphrey- Hawkins
Rockefeller
Republican Party
Strikes threaten economy as shoppers bear higher costs
The piece links ongoing labor actions to inflation and production cuts in autos, tires, coal, and canned goods, noting 30 000 cannery workers unpaid wages and tens of millions in spoilage losses. It cites auto sales as a bright sign but warns of possible crippling strikes this fall and tire shortages. It also recalls the 1776 Continental Congress move and quotes Philippians 4 13.
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California
United Auto Workers Union
Auto Industr
Wildcat
WARK MY WORDS on Reagan Ford choice
The narrator questions supporting Reagan with Schweiker as running mate. He considers switching allegiance to Ford, debating conservative fit versus the iconic Reagan pair. A wife’s casual reply about Ford’s dog adds a human note to the political dilemma.
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Ronald Reagan
Richard Schweiker
Schweiker
Etter
Reagan
Gerald Ford
Linda
Ford
Middletown News Rates and Subscriptions Note
The Middletown News Journal lists daily and Sunday subscription rates, including 72 cents for home delivery Monday through Saturday and 23 cents for Sunday, with mail and motor route options. The narrative then shifts to a diary-like confession contrasting Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan with remarks about personalities.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Us.a
U.S.A
Reds are sitting pretty in Italy
The Italian Communist Party leaders gain leverage as the Christian Democrats refuse to admit the PCU to government. The piece argues the PCIs tacit alliance with DC persists, while Berlinguer profits from exclusion, framing the PCI as able to influence policy without full responsibility.
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Italy
Italian Christian Democrats
PCT
Cause of Freedom
PCI
Enrico Berlinguer
Berlinguer
Christian Democrats
Alcide de Gasperi
Chamber of Deputies
PCF
Popular Front
Leon Blum
Maurice Thorez
Blum
Thorez
From crime writer to pen name for true confessions
A veteran writer recalls composing true crime tales for detective magazines after midnight. He explains how editors demanded sensationalist violence and sex, notes arsenic poisoning plots, stalking killers, and the lure of paroled criminals returning to crime before moving on to gentler topics.
To a bike thief at LeSourdsville Lake
A mother, Mrs. Ruby Tolliver, writes to a thief who stole her son’s bike on Sunday August 1 from LeSourdsville Lake. The bike, locked to a utility pole, was the son’s sole means to reach his first job ten miles away, leaving him without transportation and the family worried.
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LeSourdsville Lake
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Massachusetts
Ford Administration
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Gerry
Noah
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Philippians
RSV
By Jim Piebig
the Journal
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White House
John Roche
Foreign
Defense
Ministry of Labor
NATO
Patronat
Dennis the Menace
Dennis
SINOR
Sierras
Ruby Tolliver
Manchester Ave
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