Nixon Victory amplifies conservative shift in U S public mood
A Harris poll a month after Nixon's election shows Americans leaning conservative and middle of the road, with whites gunning for center and blacks more liberal. By race and education, conservatives and moderates outpace liberals, suggesting a broad alignment with Nixon's ideology and expected broad support in office.
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Richard M. Nixon
Harris
Nixon
Nason
West
Lberal
Neproes
Purge and Pay Prerogatives Stir Democratic and Nationwide Debate
National Chairman Lawrence OBrien demands Goodwin of Selma appear at a public hearing or risk losing his Democratic national committeeman seat for not backing the Humphrey-Mukie ticket. The piece contrasts party discipline with Republican purges and discusses presidential salaries and proposed pay scales across branches, noting Johnson and Nixon contexts and a Kappel Commission framing.
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Lawrence Fr. O’brien
Karl Goodwin
Selma
Ala
Humphrey
O'Bfrien
Democratic
South
National Party
O Brien
National Committee
Goodwin
Cleveland Rapid Transit Links Airport and Downtown
Editorial notes Cleveland becomes the first Western Hemisphere city with a public rail link from its airport to downtown. The 19 mile line costs 18.6 million dollars, two thirds funded by federal sources, and is expected to attract about 14 million riders annually at 35 cents per trip. It highlights federal Mass Transit Act aid and the broader shift to shared national funding for local improvements. It also reflects on a 200 year arc of syndicated columns since 1763 and early colonial journalism.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Transit System
CTS
Long
Rapid
San Francisco
United States
Fifty Years Ago From The News Post Files
Fifty years ago a tax fund was urged to cover city fire department equipment costs with an estimated 25 000 dollar need in five to six years. The canal site transfers to Montgomery River were approved for the Monocacy River project. Food baskets fund prospects were poor with only five days off and limited contributions for the poor. The Maryland School for the Deaf closed for a longer Christmas vacation, resuming January 6. A Yellow Springs fire save a wooden residence from a heater blaze. The former Charles House frame at 129 West Second Street will be razed and landscaped this summer. Thick ice damaged trees on Catoctin and South Mountain, blocking roads. A group sought to add safe driving to county high school curriculum, discussing budget funding with County Commissioners.
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Charles Houce
West Second Street
Calvary Methodist Church
Eldited
Presidential votes show plurality effect in Electoral College
Washington Today outlines the 1968 election results with Nixon at 302 electoral votes, Humphrey 191, Wallace 45, noting 29 states gave a majority to one candidate and 27 states used a plurality. It discusses reforms including district-based units and a nationwide presidential primary to curb multi-candidate splits.
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Nixon
Mumphrey
District of Columbia
Wallace
Humphrey Whewlse
Woodrow Wilson
William Neward Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
T Own
al Oulbull Puideofia
Viet Cong morale rises after bombing halt in South Vietnam
Intercepted dispatches from South Vietnam report VC and North Vietnamese morale improves after the US bombing halt on November 1. Deserions declined, indoctrination efforts paused, and new direct action plans emerged as recruiters boost activity. Officials caution sustained support for government may hinge on continued U.S. and allied aid and timely results.
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Washington
NIA
South Vetnam
Borming Hall
Hanoi
Tanol
U.S
Hae United Stakes
North Vietnam
Alravinn
Paris
Johnson
Pana
Ife
Tese Pow
South Vietnam
United States
Life origin debated by scientists in ancient oceans
Scientists largely agree life began in Earth's oceans where waters housed many chemicals in solution. The idea positions early biochemical processes occurring in marine environments as the first steps toward living systems.
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America
By Don Oakley
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England
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New York Journal
Pennsylvania Chronicle
Journal
Moston
News-Post
Whhaum D. Zimmerman Last ii
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Wid Fish Association
State Conservation
Maryland
Sehool For the Deaf
Chisses
Yellow Syrigs
Catoctin
South Mountain
Disuict Forest
Mermand Toms
By David Lawrence
Ray Cromley
Ray Cromlet
NEA
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