Conscience as strength in Rankin's political life
A tribute to Jeannette Rankin noting her lone 1941 vote against entering WWII and calling her conscience both weakness and strength. It recounts her battles for women's rights from Montana to Congress, her two terms, peace advocacy, and influence on policy and equality.
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Jeannette Rankin
U.S
Japan
Wingate
Miss Rankin
Congress
House
Montana
America
Why double standards in Bachmann tract debate
Letters to the editor argue over zoning changes and development in Middletown. Writers claim balance between private capital and public benefit, noting traffic, mall funding, and potential employment while criticizing perceived conflicts of interest among planners and commissioners.
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Bachmann
Paul Christiansen
Barbar Park
Ayershire Acres
Rt. 25
Germantown Road
Planning Commission
Barry) Levey
Middletown
Levey
Mark My Words A Dangerous Little Animal
A column by Jim Fiebig discusses a nonpartisan tendency toward suspicion of those in power. It critiques Watergate era distrust and the idea that even the president could be dishonest, noting public eagerness for scandal amid political and local development debates in Middletown and concerns about federal funding and private enterprise.
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Jim Fiebig
Watergate
John Dean
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
John Mitchell
Richard M. Nixon
Dreyfus
Gurney
Florida
Dominick
Colorado
Dale
Kansas
Cotton
New Hampshire
Goldwater
Arizona
Hiss- Chambers
Richard Nixon
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
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Asc
Journal
USA
Watergate and the Conservative Question in Nixon Era
John Chamberlain argues Watergate shows no clear ideological split in the nation or party. He contends technocrats and neutrals in Nixon’s circle controlled policy, with conservatives largely sidelined and Nixon’s future policy judged by whether he ordered the conspiracy.
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Barry Goldwater
John Tower
Storm Thurmond
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Pat Buchanan
Martin Anderson
John Sears
Richard Whalen
Roger Freeman
William Gavin
Jeffrey Bell
Alan Greenspan
Richard Allen
William Safire
Ray Price
Len Garment
Pat Moynihan
White House
Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Watergate
McCord
Hunt
Henry Kissinger
Red China
Soviet Russia
Kissinger
Brezhnev
Washington
Bill Gwinn reflects on aviation's bold future at Wings Club
William P. Gwinn former United Aircraft Corp chairman says by century's end vertical takeoff transports will serve small landing areas and commercial space travel may be common. He recalls Pratt & Whitney beginnings with the Wasp and contrasts early costs with modern JT9D engines powering the 747 and DC-10.
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United States Aviation
William P. Gwinn
United Aircraft Corp
Bill
Hap Arnold
Wings Club
Big Bill
Manila
Pan Am
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