McGee Bill Pushes Nationwide Voter Registration Plan
Senate Post Office Committee backs Sen. Dale W. McGee of Wyoming on a national registration method using a double postcard sent to every address. Residents would confirm registration. residency rules would end for national elections. registration closing would be limited to 30 days before votes. The proposal would fund processing costs and establish a small federal registration agency with party balance. Critics, including the Department of Justice, urge analysis before sweeping changes.
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Senate Post Office Committee
Dale W. McGee
Wyoming
SteGee
Congress
Senate
Department of Justice
Just Chugging Along Across the Atlantic to Rio
Graeme Murray sails from Capetown South Africa in the outboard motorboat Sheba toward Rio de Janeiro 3000 miles away. While others fret over daily life Murray plans to press on across the Atlantic with steady progress and few worries.
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Graeme Murray
Capetown
South Africa
Rio de Janeiro
Questioning Mr Butz and the fate of the small farm
A columnist questions whether the Senate will confirm Earl Butz as agriculture secretary and whether the United States should abandon the small 160 acre farm. It notes declines in small farms, rising corporate control, higher food prices, and social costs of losing rural self sufficiency. It cites projections of up to a million more farms closing by 1980 and asks if the Midwest’s heritage and crossroads towns should be preserved.
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Earl Butz
del Monte
Swit
ARP
Campbell Soup
Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Zona Gale
Citiens
The Politics Of Youth By John P Roche
The piece argues about 28 million young voters in 1972 potentially reshaping politics, yet shows split views on youth radicalism versus continuity with older values. It notes activism does not equal voting power and outlines two subgroups within the youth vote: ideologically driven college students and married working individuals with stakes, plus a large politically inert middle.
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America
Taxpayer funded campaigns spark presidential decision
Senate approved a measure letting taxpayers designate funds for political parties but House passage uncertain. Democrats back the idea while Republicans oppose. President Nixon would decide if the tax cut bill includes the provision, risking delay to his economic program.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
Congress
Prayer Amendment Dead For Now In Congress
New York reports the upcoming school prayer amendment is considered dead for this Congress session though pressed again in years ahead. The piece notes votes against the amendment by Speaker Carl Albert and Rep. Robert F. Drinan amid debates over non denominational versus voluntary prayer. It also covers Trygve Lie's UN meditation room decision and Lt. Col. James A. Peterman’s conflicting status between priesthood and Army chaplaincy, plus a literary note from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
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New York
Congress
Supreme Court
Carl Albert
Dem- Okla
Robert F. Drinan
Dem Mass
Catholic Conference
Fr. Drinan
John Buchanan
Alabama
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Manhattan
Yurtle Bay
Openig UN
Lie
Liars Club tale questions Middletown sportsmen
A local interview with Jock Rosenfelder, vice president of the Middletown Sportsmen's Club, features tall tales about turkey hunting and a club limit of 1,200 members. A reporter flags three statements with only one verifiable fact and notes that Rosenfelder admits to stealing the story.
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Jock Rosenfelder
Middletown Sportsmen's Club
Jack
Liars Club Now
Middletown Journal subscription rates page
The Journal publishes daily editions with varying rates for weekday newsstands, Sunday copies, motor route, mail, and overseas subscriptions. It lists per copy, weekly, monthly, and yearly prices, including delivery charges and payment terms, with a note on who prints the paper.
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News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Susgay
Piper
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U.S.A
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Mr. Butz
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John PL Roche
Lese Skely Og
John Kennedy
Peter Pans
David Lawrence
National Party
Bob Considine
James A. Peterman
US. Army
Peterman
Maureen Holloran
Brooklyn
Army
Col
Petermar
the Literary Review
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Rutherford, N.J
Raine Edward Bennett
Zseniescu
Liars
Circle River
van Wert
the Journal
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