Maine's Exceptional Men and the Muskie Nomination
The piece reflects on Maine's political giants James G. Blaine and Thomas B. Reed and their near misses for the presidency, contrasting with Edmund S. Muskie's current bid. It notes Blaine as a longtime House speaker and secretary of state and Reed as an iron-willed opponent who fell short at the 1896 GOP convention, and it ponders how different history might be with Blaine or Reed in command, including implications for the Spanish War and Pearl Harbor.
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Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
James G. Blaine
Thomas B. Reed
Blaine
House
Grover Cleveland
Reed
Theodore Roosevelt
William McKinley
McKinley
Philippines
Japan
Pearl. Harbor
SEATO
CENTO
New Zealand
England
John Foster Dulles
America
India
East Pakistan
Bengal
United States
Ashbrook Pressures Nixon From the Right in New Hampshire
John Ashbrook presses conservatives to push four sticking points on Nixon's policy. He seeks stronger defense spending, assurance Agnew remains on the ticket, veto of the child development bill, and rollback of the Family Assistance Plan. Ashbrook argues FAP risks ballooning deficits, weighing on Nixon’s stance as New Hampshire voters weigh the race.
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John Ashbrook
New Hampshire
Nixon
Ashbrook
Florida
White House
U.S
Spiro Agnew
Pat Moynihan
Pat Buchanan
State of the Union
Defense
FAP
Pete McCloskey
George Wallace's Appeal Analyzed by Braden in Montgomery
George Wallace captivates reporters with a blend of humor humility and populist rhetoric. He is compared to Huey Long and Joseph Welch while contrasting with McCarthy, showing a man who both confronts elites and appeals to the marginalized. Wallace embodies a return not reform, delivering a message that resists university ideology.
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George Wallace
Huey Long
Long
Wallace
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Joseph Welch
Ben Tillman
Jerry Simpson
Simpson
Ripley legacy check prompts wild tale of fortune loss
Douglas Storer finds a $28,000 cashier's check blown from a coat as he hunts down Arthur and Mary Hicks after a bank confirms the loss. The check, issued by First National City Bank, was meant to fund a new assignment in Teheran, Iran, leaving Storer to trace rightful owners amid a tangled posthumous Ripple of tales.
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Bob
Ripley
King Features
Rip
Douglas Storer
Storer
Yale Club
Vanderbilt Avenue
Grand Central
Scarsdale
Doug
First National City Bank
Arthur L
Mary S. Hicks
Patagonia
Arthur
Mary Hicks
Manhattan
Bank
Hicks
Wilton
Conn
Standard Oil
N.J
Teheran
Iran
Mary
Hicks Family Ends Journey With Iran Trip After Payment
Hicks family received a check from Doug and public acknowledgment from the bank and Standard Oil. No reward was given. A bank PR man had his photo taken of the transaction as the Hickses flew free to Iran.
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Doug
Hicks
Bank
Standard Oil
Hickses
Iran
India Exhilarated By New Hate-America Mood
William F Buckley Jr notes India’s exhilaration at anti American sentiment amid U S policy criticism over East Pakistan crisis. He cites refugee flows, Pakistani actions, Kissinger, and U S reactions, debating motives and possible explanations for Washington’s stance and the India-Pakistan conflict impact. The piece references Eyewitness reports from Express News Service Patsna and remarks by Jagjivan Ram.
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United States
East Pakistan
Express News Service
Patsna
Jagjivan Ram
Dacca
Bangladesh
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates 1857 Record
The Journal published by News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. It details motor route payments, monthly service charges, and annual mail prices both within and outside the trading area, noting advance payment terms.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Newspaperboy
U.S.A
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John Chamberlain
Dennis the Menace
Tom Braden
Montgomery, Ala
Bob Considine
NEW York — People
William F. Buckley JR
Bombay
Pakistan
West Pakistan
United Nations
Indian Ocean
Henry Kissinger
Gandhi
Washington
Richard Nixon
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