Cost Of Campaigning Far Too High Even For U S
The piece notes campaign costs per vote rose from 18 cents in 1952 to 40 cents in 1964 and may reach 50 cents. It cites Herbert E. Alexander of the Citizens Research Foundation, with projected national campaign spending near 50 million dollars by election day and 15 to 21 million before conventions, urging reform of financing limits.
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Herbert E. Alexander
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Eisenhower
Britain
Alexander
Movable Monuments From London Bridge to Abu Simbel
A year of relocations sees London Bridge stones shipped to Lake Havasu City for a replica and Egyptian temple pieces headed to New York's Met Museum. Private investors and US gratitude funding drive the moves, with caution that selling heritage for money may start trends.
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London Bridge
Lake Havasu City
Colorado River
United States
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Danger From Right Left in New World Disorder
Joseph Alsop argues that the United States now faces its gravest choices since the Civil War as a giant world power. He critiques both left wing Democrats and right wing Republicans, notes the decline of the Eastern Establishment, and recalls past hardship in the 1930s while contrasting it with 1968 prosperity.
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Miami Beach
Felix Frankfurter
Bismarck
S. Bismarck
Frankfurter
God
United States of America
America
Niagara Falls
The One Percent Romance of the Newsroom
A veteran reporter describes newsroom routine and the rush when an accident arrives. Editors juggle deadlines, update Page One, alert departments, and gather details for follow up stories, photos, and side angles as the scene develops.
Nixon selects Spiro Agnew as running mate in 1968 bid
Nixon chose Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew as his running mate, aiming for a nonconfrontational, reform minded partner. Agnew brings urban governance experience, a record on state legislation, and a stance on civil rights and federal overreach aligned with Nixon’s approach to city problems and race issues.
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Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Nixon
Miami Beach
Agnew
Baltimore County
Baltimore
Johnson
Resurrection Co
White House
Rockefeller
New York
New York City
Middletown Ohio Newspaper Subscription Rates and Details
The Journal issued at Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates with daily and Sunday prices. It notes mail options for in city suburban and trading areas, including yearly rates and a note on advance payment. It also provides founding year 1857 and mail handling details.
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News Journal Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Cress
U.S.A
Buckley Reports Quiet Start to Republican Convention
William F Buckley Jr notes a subdued Miami Beach scene as GOP speakers fail to ignite the crowd. A controversial black America ad and Eisenhower endorsement loom large while Nixon and Rockefeller faces stir debate and racial politics.
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Citizens of Black America
Louis Lomax
Beverly Hills
California
Miami
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
Marian Anderson
Louis Armsrong
Nixon
Incomplete Fact Fragments on History Figures
Readable lines claim statements about mar tending corn vanishing from Earth and Andrew Jackson as the first president to ride a train. It also notes 1850 New York police formation, Lascar seamen, Tea discovery by Emperor Chinning, and Louis XVI at the French Revolution outset.
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Vietnam
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NEW York Times
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