Francis C Turner recalls four decades shaping U S highways
Long career spans 1929 to 1969 from Texas A M to director of the Bureau of Public Roads and administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. The piece notes the evolution of U S roads from graveled main routes to a nationwide system and mentions the moon rover cost and other assignments.
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Francis C. Turner
Turner
Bureau of Public Roads
Texas A & M
Alaska
Foreign Service
Department of Transportation
Department
Federal Highway Administration
Bureau
United States
Buckley Aims at Democratic Scams In 1968 NY Primary
William F Buckley Jr argues that the 1968 New York primary exposed fraud and harassment in the Lowenstein race. He cites missing registration cards long polling delays and misdirected or rigged machines as evidence. He predicts court action and a message to political bosses to curb abuses.
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Congress
Eugene McCarthy
Lyndon Johnson
America
New York
Democracy in Brooklyn and the Lowenstein challenge
The piece argues for proper voter qualifications and honest vote counting after a decision on who may vote. It accuses a Brooklyn political machine of seeking to reelect an incumbent rather than reflect the will of the majority. The challenger is Allard Lowenstein, president of Americans For Democratic Action.
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Cadman Plaza
Henry Street
Lowenstein
Brooklyn
Allard Lowenstein
Americans For Democratic Action
United States
Hanoi
Paris
North Vietnam
Democratic Party
Nixon
United
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for daily and Sunday editions, delivery options by motor route or mail, and advance payment terms. Rates include 1Sc per copy on newsstands, 25c Sunday, motor route plans at 80c weekly, $3.47 yearly in installments, $3.20 in four payments, 15c monthly service charge, and mail subscriptions at $30 annually within the trading area and $38 outside or abroad. It notes establishment in 185? and editor/ownership by News Journal, Inc.
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News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S
Lowenstein support and election monitoring remark
The text notes Lowenstein backs many ideas from social imagination and compares to 1964 fears over vote theft by Democratic poll leaders. It stresses fair elections and caution against accidental wars and mentions not inviting South Vietnamese professors to monitor the Lowenstein election.
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Lowenstein
Barry Goldwater
Global unease over McGovern speech and Vietnam policy
Washington sources report international worry over George McGovern's acceptance speech and his Vietnam stance. Officials warn of potential withdrawal timelines and uncertain prisoner releases, with fears of economic disruption and shifts in U S foreign policy amid a volatile 1972 election environment.
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McGovern
Vietnam
United States
Rude Guard Change At Democratic National Committee
Washington reports a rapid and blunt shift at the Democratic National Committee as Lawrence O'Brien leaves the chair. The conflict with George McGovern culminates in a co-chair arrangement that O'Brien rejects, while McGovern faces pressure from delegates demanding a woman chair. O'Brien is praised for fairness and order at the convention and is described as a unifying, amiable figure.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Lawrence O'Brien
O'Brien
Miami Beach
George McGovern
McGovern
O’brien
Jean Westwood
Moon fund and political jabs mark Miami Beach notes
Column discusses a fund for a one way trip to the moon for Bobby Fischer while contrasting McGovern's campaign spending and Brezhnev praise with jibes at Warner Brothers Portnoy's Complaint. It notes Ted Kennedy at the convention and GOP/NYC political tensions. It ends with homicide rate context in New York and civic pride.
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Bobby Fischer
George McGovern
Miami Beach
Fischer
Frank Merriwell
Jack Valenti
Warner Brothers
Portnoy
Lindsay
McGovern-Eagleton
New York City
Fun City
New York
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Westwood
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