Ford Reagan clash shapes tight GOP path to convention
The California Ohio and New Jersey primaries end in a near draw between Ford and Reagan. Connecticut may tilt to Ford with about 30 delegates to Reagan's five, while insiders debate whether Reagan could be coronated and risk a McGovernization of the party. The Northeast’s fate looms as the crucial balance of power.
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Jerry Ford
Ronald Reagan
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New Hampshire
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Jimmy Carter
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Ripon Society
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Case
New York
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Michigan
McGovern
Texas
Rimster
Carter
Deep South
Nelson Rockefeller
Republican Party
Howard Hughes
France votes to rejoin NATO military command alliance
The article notes French President Giscard d Estaing signaling a shift toward renewed NATO participation and a willingness for France to fight under the alliance if Western Europe faces a threat from the East, despite Gaullist and leftist opposition. Gen. Guy Mery confirms France could reenter the NATO framework under U.S. nuclear umbrella.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
NATO
France
Valery Giscard d'Estaing
United States
Charles de Gaulle
Guy Mery
Giscard
Laughing at Presidents Ends in Discombobulated Image
The writer moves from Humphrey to Ford and a helicopter door moment, pondering humor in politics. He jokes about a bump on the head and the risk of a nuclear button incident, then shifts to a different line of thought.
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Hubert Humphrey
Hubert
Wire Service
President Ford
Mr. Ford
Middletown News Page Summary and Rates Notice
The page lists subscription rates for the Middletown Journal and News Journal Inc. including in store one copy 15 cents, Sunday 25 cents, home delivery 72 cents weekdays, 23 cents Sunday, motor route 132 cents daily, 24 cents Sunday, and mail rates 28 dollars yearly within the U.S. and 46 outside. It also notes the newspaper’s founding in 1857 and includes an author’s aside comparing public figures with humorous political cartoons though no strong narrative item.
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Bicentennial debate targets Patriotism and reform groups
In the mid 1930s American Communists mocked as patriots by leaders like Earl Browder. now the People’s Bicentennial Commission is accused of disguising anti Americanism as Americanism. Critics warn of disruption planned for July 4 events in Washington and Philadelphia and urge access to the Senate Judiciary Committee study on the Bicentennial effort.
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Earl Browder
J. P. Morgan
Morgan Aa
Ed Cones
American Legion
Daughters of the American Revolution
Howard Fast
Jack Hardy
Hardy
People’s Bicentennial Commission
PBC
Pete Seeger
Phnom Penh
George Ward
Wall Street
Washington
Philadelphia
Letter to the Editor on secular humanism and education
A reader defends belief in Christian values and opposes secular humanism teaching in schools. The author links secular humanism to existentialism Darwinism and Marxist ideas, criticizes Dewey and progressive education, and warns society risks moral decay without faith in God. The letter cites Penn and urges adherence to divine guidance.
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Abe
Kierkegaard
Darwin
Karl Marx
Frederick Engels
America
John Dewey
Dewey
University of Chicago
Jesus Christ
Marx
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