Kennedy Tussle Over Kennedy Speech Divides Party
Sen. Hubert Humphrey condemned Sen. Ted Kennedy's attack on President Nixon's Vietnam policy while Sen. Bob Dole decried the remarks as political distortion. Kennedy defended his speech at a National Convocation of Lawyers event, urging a peace path before the 1972 election. Humphrey stated the President seeks peace and is not playing politics.
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Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Ted Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nixon
Humphrey
Democratic Party
Kennedy
Bob Dole
Kansas
Senate
Dole
United States
Indochina
Vietnam
GOP
Johnson
George McGovern
South Dakota
Scientific Data Systems
Max Palevsky
Palevsky
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Washington
Hubert
Israel
Free Nations
Sen. Jackson
Victor Carter
The GI drug menace boredom and character tested
The piece argues heroin use among Vietnam GIs stems from boredom and weak character, not ignorance. It notes combat winding down increases rates of sniffing and smoking heroin in rear areas, warning of a dangerous Frankenstein in the nation’s hands and urging moral resolve.
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Vietnam
Blessed Relief Quacks Target the Elderly in Society
A critique of con artists selling phony remedies to the sick and elderly described as “blessed relief” peddlers. Carroll O Connor stars as the lead quack in a play exposing their predatory scams that drain life savings of widows and the desperately ill. The piece urges stronger enforcement of laws to protect vulnerable victims.
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Carroll O’connor
Demilitarized Zone Proposal Aims to Protect Teachers
A proposal urges a demilitarized zone for schooling to shield teachers from assaults. In Bronx public School 73 Georgette McNair, 24, suffered second degree burns after three students set fire to her clothing. Three girls ages 15 and 13 were arrested on charges of attempted murder and arson.
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Bronx
Georgette McNair
Miss McNair
Attacks on Teachers Rise in New York Schools
Police report that students attacked a teacher a week earlier and again attempted to push her down stairs after a telephone call to a friend’s parents criticizing the girls’ school performance. The piece notes 1970 had 287 assaults on school personnel and 1971 trends exceed 1970 by over 19 percent.
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New York
Heath Faces Tightrope as Britain Presses Common Market
Despite world acclaim Prime Minister Edward Heath faces a fragile Parliament and strong anti EEC sentiment at home. Inflation unemployment and Northern Ireland strife threaten his slim 28 vote majority and possible call for a general election.
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Washington
Edward Heath
European Economic Community
Britain
Heath
EEC
House of Commons
Northern Ireland
Ulster M.p.s
British Daily Express
Labour
Labor Party
Gallup
Harris
France
Germany
Bromsgrove
Belfast
Antrim
Ian Paisley
M.P
Antrim North
U.K
Winston Churchill
Platform Study Reveals Platitudes and Vietnam Critique
A 1968 platform analysis highlights bipartisan platitudes and a Republican critique of the Johnson Vietnam policy. It denounces the administration's credibility, military strategy, and pacification approach while urging new leadership and a gradual de Americanization paired with a long term peace plan.
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Washington
Vietnam
America
Republican Party
United States
Southeast Asia
Muskie campaign trims staff amid fundraising worries
Washington reports a sharp retrenchment in Senator Edmund Muskie’s national operation. Key policy thinkers like Anthony Lake and James Campbell exit as field work expands. Pacing costs include a planned 10 million dollar preconvention effort while Democratic donors reallocate, questioning Muskie’s fallback for major primaries amid Jewish and labor fundraising dynamics.
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Washington
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Anthony Lake
James Campbell
Democratic Party
Sen. Muskie
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Teamsters Union
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Henry S. Jackson
Scoop Jackson
Job Hunting '71 Style and Company Responses
A spoof collection of letters shows managers denying overqualified applicants while others seek work in R D, mentioning Harrington Chemical and Glucksville California. A contrasting note welcomes a driver for a Westminster plant and highlights immediate start.
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USC
California Institute of Technology
Harrington Chemical Co
Harrington Co
Edward Kase
Monroe News-Star declares independence and broad reach
The Monroe News-Star is an independent daily paper published each afternoon except weekends. It carries Associated Press dispatches and credits staff leaders from publisher to editor while listing national advertising representation across major cities.
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Monroe
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
John BD. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
William H. Bronson
Robert Ewing II
Jack
Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Jack C. Gates
William C. Hardin
Associated Press
Branham-Moloney Company National Advertising Representatives
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
Monroe News-Ster
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London
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Joseph Alsop
Art Buchwald
Glucksville Dynamics
Glucksville
Calif
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Mr. Kase
Merriman Haselbald
Cal
Yours, Edward Kase
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Fdrward Kase
Westminister
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