A Different Convention
The Republican national convention opens August 21 and will be a day shorter and less agitated than the Democrats recent fiesta. It will feature about 1,348 delegates and an equal number of alternates versus over 5,000 Democratic credentials, with a smaller mix of women youth and Black participants. The scheduling runs about 14 hours and the event is expected to be calmer but demanding of patience before a tough campaign follows.
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America
Tenessee
Letters to the Editor drive Journal’s 1972 output
The Journal reports 202 letters published through June of 1972 in its Letters to the Editor column. Readers are urged to include names addresses and a phone number for verification. Strong letters spark replies as the political campaign heats up and writers are asked to keep remarks clean constructive and brief.
Monkey Dance in Bali A Balinese Ketjak Experience
A narrator recalls the Ketjak monkey dance in Bali at Puri Suling, noting 150 masked performers plus two wooden birds bought at a shop, and a seven foot satinwood dancing girl carved for his hotel lobby. The piece mixes humor, myth, and travel mise en scene from Bedaulu.
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Bali
Bob Hargrove
Ed Muskie
Hamilton Fish
Puri Suling
Bedaulu
Ketjak
Pandy’s
Cardiff
Class Struggle Behind AFL-CIO Split Over McGovern
The AFL-CIO executive council refuses to back George McGovern, provoking derisive labels and concerns about Meany's leadership. Union leaders defend labor members as shaping the federation’s stance, highlighting a broader class conflict within the Democratic Party and the labor movement.
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Afl-Cio Executive Council
George McGovern
George Meany
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Michigan
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Democratic Party
Afl-Cio
Bring Us Together Again The Slogan Teens Propose for Nixon
A 13 year old proposes slogans to the Nixon campaign amid calls for unity after the 1964 era. The list includes catchy lines like Bring Us Together Again One More Time and Dont Change Horses In the Middle Of The Night. A humorous twist targets George McGovern with Ask Not What Nixon Can Do For You.
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Richard Nixon
Vicki Lynn Cole
Johnson
No Man’s Land
Asia
Canada
Nixon
America
GOP
Ske
George McGovern
Reform the Conventions A Buckley Style Critique
William F Buckley Jr argues against proportional representation at the national Republican convention. He challenges senators Javits Packwood Mathias and Percy, urging them to reject gender race and age quotas and defend a meritocratic, nonrepresentational convention. The piece questions the premise of demographic slices guiding leadership.
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Republican Party
Lindsay
Mathias
Javits
Packwood
Percy
Cable TV costs in private property invasion debate
A reader questions cable TV practices intruding on homes with digging and embedded cables without consent. He argues rights, privacy, and city access matter, urges staying in school, and shares prison experience to discourage crime. He signs Jesse Bood Jr. from London Ohio.
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Florida
London (Ohio
Hell
Jesse Bood Jr
P.O. Box
London
Obie
Voice From Within The Walls Of Hell
A reader reflects on the death sentence and its moral implications. The note considers justice, punishment, and the weight of capital punishment in modern discourse.
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Walls of
Hell
McGovern vows new party if not nominated
Article notes James McGovern threatened to form a new party after losing the nomination and criticizes his stance as violating democratic union principles. It argues loyalty and orderly processes are essential in party politics.
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Sen. McGovern
Life
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates Advertised
The Journal published by News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists subscription options including daily and Sunday rates. Motor route and mail plans are detailed with installment options and service charges. prices vary by delivery area and duration.
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