Is Gerald Ford a true leader in this campaign
The piece argues Ford lacks a clear direction, noting abrupt shifts from backing Rockefeller to distancing from Kissinger and detente. It compares Ford unfavorably to Truman, suggesting he may sacrifice conviction to win against Reagan and retain political control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gerald Ford
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Harry Truman
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Forrestal
On This Date In History June 7 1976 Highlights
The entry notes anniversaries and events tied to June 7 including Louis XIV’s 1654 Rheims coronation Daniel Boone’s 1769 Kentucky exploration a 1862 US Britain slave trade treaty Lincoln’s 1864 renomination in Baltimore 1940 Norway resistance Six Day War Suez Canal date a 1967, a NYC bridge strike five years ago. Also mentions birthdays Tom Jones Gwenyn Brooks Jaime Laredo and a Richard Henry Lee independence note.
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Associated Press
Louis the 14Th
France
Rheims
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
United States
Britain
Abraham Lincoln
Baltimore
Norway
Egypt
Suez Canal
New York City
Tom Jones
Gwendolyn Brooks
Jaime Laredo
Mark Twain
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Lumber firm ships two million feet in May
Yesterdays 100 Years Ago item notes Muscatine Lumber Manufacturing Co formerly Hershey and Irvine sold about two million feet of lumber and shipped 250 cars in May. Fifty Years Ago Judge D W Jackson will attend the Iowa judiciary reunion June 17 in Davenport with the state bar association meeting. Twenty Five Years Ago A J Whitsitt of Whitsitt's Ready To Wear returned from a Chicago buying trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Lumber Manufacturing Co
Hershey and Irvine
D.W. Jackson
Iowa Judiciary
State Bar Association
Davenport
A. J. Whitsitt
Whitsitt
Chicago
Lindbergh the Lone Eagle and His Tumultuous Life
A condensed portrait of Charles Lindbergh from fame to controversy. From crossing the Atlantic alone to media frenzy, exile, and later illness, the Lone Eagle became a symbol of both admiration and scrutiny. The piece traces his waning years, family dynamics, and final illness ending with his death in 1974.
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Coolidge
Lindbergh
Lone Eagle
Leonard Mosley
New York
Lindy
Gout advice and vein treatment queries in reader letters
A letter column covers gout causes and drug options including allopurinol and benemid, diet myths about gout, and the role of cholesterol in gout. It also discusses spider veins treated with an electric needle, and a 71 year old man with a groin hernia weighing surgical risks versus nonoperative care.
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Dr. Thesteson
L.M.N
Muscatine Journal
Thostegon
T.E
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Jacob Javits
Charles Mathias
Charles Percy
White House
Panama Canal
Ellsworth Bunker
Mr. Ford
Truman
Dean Acheson
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Tom
Branden
Teamsters Union
Luinion
Brickman
Pickutes
America
George Washington
Charles Lindbergh
Paris
le Bourget Geld
Mexico
Dwight Morrow
Mr. Morrow
Anne
Sourland Mountains
New Jersey
Flemington
N.J
England
Juan Trippe
Pan- American Airways
Germany
Europe
U.S
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Henry Ford
Far Pacific
Smithsoniar Institute
Maui
Jim
C.S
George Cc
Thosteson
M.D
Seeing Journal
LEE
William L. Fahy
Max Christy
Gil. Dietz
Harold Blake
Dom Schweitzer
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