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McGovern, Nixon noWASHINGTON ® — rent to. their ardor since Richard Nixon and most of them concede that George McGovern may be their message is probably agreed that they offer more important than their “the clearest choice of literal chances of making this century,” but’there it to the White House, are nine other presides* Schmitz, a member of tial candidates insisting the John Birch Society, the choice goes wider says he picked up the than that. American party bannerLinda Jenness, the So- dropped by Wallace be-eialist Workers party, cause he thinks the counnominee, says the Demo- try “needs a man who erats and Republicans are puts America first” no.more than ‘-‘Capitalist Running as an indeparty No. 1 and Capitalist pendent after losing in a party No. 2.” California primary in hisJohn Schmitz, running bid for re-election as a for the American party Republican congressman, which offered Goerge Schmitz could appear Wallace in 3968, says the on presidential ballots in Democrats are “Socialist 34 states, although several party A” and the Republi- are tentative due to legal cans “Socialist party B.” entanglements.'MRS. HENNESS and-Schmitz are only two o£ the better known names among candidates appealing to voters with tastes beyond the conventional two-party system.Others include Dr,Benjamin Spock, baby-earc author and now an antiwar activist and presidential nominee of the People's party. The Prohibition party is back again with nominee Earle H.Munn on the ballot in Colorado, Delaware and Kansas.The Universal party has its nominee, Gabrief Green, on the ballot in only one state, Iowa; And John V. Mahalehik of the .America First party is. only pn the New Jersey ballot. John Hospers of the Libertarian party is . on in Colorado and Washington.Gus Hall, the Communist party ' choice, and 'Louis Fisher of the Socialist Labor party are on in several states.Third parties may not prosper as well as they did in 1968 when Wallace polled 9 million votes for the American party and almost sent the choice of a president to the Hopse of Representatives.different?BUT THAT’S no deter-
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Long Beach, California, US
Sun, Nov 05, 1972
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