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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1972
Page
6
A public opinion sampling notes McGovern’s unpopularity has declined since his nomination while showing many prefer Nixon to lose in November. The poll accompanies the National Portrait Gallery exhibit featuring over 80 portraits and 500 campaign items from failed presidential campaigns.
Washington AP reports Rep. Barry Goldwater Jr questions Defense Department funding for a dozen How to Brush Your Teeth films and related materials amid a claimed $35 million AV budget. He seeks totals and duplication across agencies, noting poor answers in a press briefing. The piece shifts to a Smithsonian gallery voting machine showing mock voters for presidential candidates, tracking real votes as Nixon and McGovern lead loser votes. The exhibit, started May 3, has drawn about 60,000 visitors and extends beyond its initial closing date to November 19.
About 3000 young volunteers from the National Young Voters for the President arrive in Miami Beach days before the Republican National Convention to work for Nixon. They pay 125 dollars for lodging and meals, fly on chartered planes, and will staff convention activities while remaining nonconfrontational.
Fresno California AP report states Nancy Reagan disclaims involvement in an application for welfare aid. County welfare records show a letter informing her of ineligibility for food stamps or AFDC assistance.
Hal Boyle ponders human absurdities and everyday fixes from punctual work to weed control and durable buttons in a light column. He riffs on universal aims with a humorous tone, suggesting clever solutions remain elusive despite grand feats like moon landings.
Secretary of the Army Robert Froehlke drew attention at Ft. MacArthur in San Pedro California when he wore plaid pants during a trophy presentation to Capt. Keith F Willey for his artillery battery at Ft. Bliss Texas achieving a perfect score this year.
Informed sources report Prime Minister Kakauer Tanaka has accepted Premier Chou En-lai’s invitation to discuss normalizing diplomatic relations between Communist China and Japan. Ohira conveyed the decision to a Chinese ballet troupe leader visiting Japan.
Four standard words are formed by arranging one new letter in each of the four scrambled sets. Each target word uses exactly one added letter, yielding common everyday terms.
A word game Jumble shows BLOOD WAGON HITHER JINGLE rearranging to a familiar phrase meaning to fully commit and act boldly. The answer clues a humorous idiom about going all in.
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