Editorial Peril Lays Ahead for Agnew 76 Bid
Bruce Biassat analyzes Vice President Agnew's fragile path to a 1976 presidential bid. He warns of the need to balance loyalty to Nixon with broad appeal to moderates and liberals. The piece notes Agnew's late contact-building, risk of being pushed right, and rivals like Connally Percy and Kennedy.
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Phoenix
NEA
Agnew
Nixon
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
GOP
Chappaquiddick
South
Charles Percy
Illinois
Republican Party
Glancing Back Ten Years Ago Today Dec 13 196
News briefs recount events from December 13 in Green County history. oil found at St Agnes land flowing 37 barrels hourly. anniversary dinner for Green County Historical Society. remarks at Wisconsin Swiss cheese association meeting. naval mine loss of the former liner President Coolidge. draft registrations and local civic notes.
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M. Agatha
St. Clare Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital
Hays
Kans
Sisters of St. Agnes
Green County Historical Society
Monroe
Arthur C. Benkert
Assn
Albert H
President Coolidge
South Pacific
Green County
Today in History Highlights and Birthdays for December 13 1972
On this date in history Drake began his circumnavigation in 1577 from Plymouth. Other events include a 1781 day of prayer, 1808 Madrid fell to Napoleon, 1897 Port Arthur occupation, 1916 avalanche deaths, 1918 Rhine crossing, 1937 Nanking looting, and past milestones in farming and Greece. Births noted include George P. Shultz and John Vorster.
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Francis Drake
Plymouth
England
United States
Madrid
Napoleon Bonaparte
Russia
Port Arthur
Yellow Sea
Alps
3Rd Army
Rhine River
Coblenz
Germany
Nanking
China
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kennedy
Greece
Constantine
Rome
India
East Pakistan
Dacca
Secretary of the Treasury
George P. Shultz
John Vorster
Wisconsin’s federal outlays rank low in national table
Wisconsin, the 16th most populous state, is 23rd in federal money received per an Office of Economic Opportunity report to state lawmakers. Defense outlays in Wisconsin reached 489 million, Labor spend 73 million, totalling about 3.266 billion for the year ended June 30, with Social Security making up nearly half.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Defense Department
Interior Department
Transportation Department
Labor Department
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Stoldt
House of Representatives
Representative McFadden
Pennsylvania
Hoover
Chicago
Times
North Jackson and
West Payne Streets
K. P. Hall
Green County Poultry Assn
Herman Dal
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Veterans of
B. M. Fries
San Diego
Calif
Luchsinger Monument Works
Janesville
Rock County
Monroe Evening Times
Emery A. Odell
Monroe, Wisconsin
Congress
Associated Press
Inia Daily Press Association
And
Wiser Daily Newspaper League
THE
Thomas Fuller
LTV
Stricklers Market
Square
Strickler
Auger Operated
H.P
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