Nixon Campaign Tactics Emphasize Threat and Savior Image
AP dispatch notes a midterm strategy by the Nixon Agnew campaign centering on creating a perceived threat and presenting the ticket as saviors. Gayle Essary of Austin defends the approach as brilliantly executed, disputing claims of voter backlash and rational appeal. The piece links it to broader political messaging tactics used in 1970 campaigns.
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Tollway crackdown nets ninety arrests on Tri-State
Illinois Toll Highway Authority reports 90 arrests since a two week blitz against motorists evading automatic tollgates. Twenty two were nabbed at Irving Park Plaza. Losses risen to 150000 three years ago, with potential climb to half a million if enforcement remains inadequate.
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Private foundation sues to ban violent shows before 9 pm
A private foundation filed in U.S. District Court seeking to stop reruns of The Wild Wild West on a Washington TV station. The suit targets violence in programs as harmful to children's mental health and asks that broadcasts be restricted before 9 p.m. The show airs six afternoons weekly on WTOP, owned by Post-Newsweek Stations Capital Area.
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Laird warns North Vietnam after RF4 downing
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird warns North Vietnam of renewed air strikes on anti aircraft sites if unarmed U S planes are attacked. He cites the RF4 recon jet downed 42 miles south of Vinh, the 10th such loss since the halt in bombing.
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North Vietnam Attacks Increase in Hue Area and Saigon Front
North Vietnamese forces stepped up activity in South Vietnam's northern provinces with attacks near Hue killing eight Americans and wounding 49, while four more Americans died in coastal and ground clashes near Da Nang. Three enemy troops were reported killed. In a separate action near Firebase O'Reilly two Americans died and 10 were wounded as paratroopers repelled the assault. Cambodian defenses held after a Khmer Rouge and Viet Cong mortar and ground assault on Kompong Cham's airport. An RF4 chase plane was downed north of the DMZ with two crewmen presumed dead.
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Pair Injured in Friday Car Mishap
Mr and Mrs Maurice W Anderson were hospitalized after a one car accident at 4 24 pm Friday Nov 13. Mr Anderson is reported in serious condition this morning. The car went out of control while traveling northwest on highway 81 two point eight miles northwest of Monroe. Damaged included front bumper hood grill radiator windshield and left front door and fender. About 20 feet of fence owned by Charles E Segner Route 4 Monroe was loosened.
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Nixon Commends Oshkosh Fraternity For Veterans Welcome
President Nixon praised Tau Kappa Epsilon at Oshkosh State University after their homecoming event. The chapter hosted 45 Vietnam veterans from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center at the Oct. 17 game and dinner, receiving a formal letter of commendation for the act of generosity.
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GM Strike Settlement Signals Mixed Economic Turn
EW YORK AP report notes the eight week GM strike settlement and easing rates poised to lift the economy while wage deals push inflation risk. Prime lending rate cut to 7 percent and a 5 percent discount rate boost hopes for mild business spending, yet GM and rail wage gains may run ahead of productivity, risking price rises and job losses.
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Tidal wave devastates East Pakistan coast after cyclone
Rescue officials warned death toll could exceed twenty thousand as 250 miles of coastline from Khulna to Coxs Bazar bore the brunt of a cyclone and 20 foot waves. Islands like Bhole, Hatia and Dubla were reported devastated with thousands killed, hundreds missing, and communications down.
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Police Foil Kidnapping Plot in Minneapolis Case
Police thwarted a plan to kidnap two midwestern officials and hijack an airliner to Cuba. Ronald Reed, 20, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to steal an aircraft as notes pointed to abducting Governor Harold LeVander and Rosalie Butler.
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