Muskie Leads McGovern in Gallup Head to Head Poll
Gallup reports a preliminary one on one test showing Senator Muskie far ahead of Senator McGovern for the 1972 Democratic nomination. The analysis notes regional strength for McGovern in the Middle West and cautions about Iowa caucus results versus national figures.
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Gallup
Edmund Muskie
George McGovern
McGovern
Middle West
Iowa
John Davieson
Gallup Organization
Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Henry Jackson
Eugene McCarthy
U.S
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Iowa Caucuses
Middle
Des Moines
Welfare reform moves in Congress and White House
Senator Abraham Ribicoff applauded conservative support for a pilot only for a guaranteed annual income for the poor. The House backed Nixon's Family Assistance Plan but the Senate Finance Committee blocked it. A pilot program in California under Governor Reagan showed potential savings while welfare groups pushed for larger guarantees.
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Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Nixon
House
Russell Lenz
White House
California
Ronald Reagan
National Welfare Rights Organization
High Cost of Parenthood Raises U.S. Family Burden
A federal study by the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future estimates average costs to raise a child from birth to college at about 40 000. It also notes potential lost income if the mother stays home until age 14, with costs rising for each additional child.
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Federal Commission On Population Growth
Hairy threat to freedom
Historian Henry Steele Commager warns Americans face internal danger to liberty from conformity culture. He argues uniformity in hair length and social behavior reflects broader suppression of nonconformity by government and institutions, risking failure to solve major national problems.
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Henry Steele Commager
Federal Bureau of Tonsorial Control
Immortality of Lincoln Gettysburg Address Examined
The piece argues that Lincoln's Gettysburg Address remains uniquely memorable regardless of audience size or technology. It notes legends of poor reception, cites Everett’s praise, and supports Fadiman's view that most listeners heard little, yet the words endured as immortal.
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Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Chicago
Edward Everett
Clifton Fadiman
Edward Everett Orote
Fadiman
Today in history highlights from 1945 to 1972
On this day in history multiple events are recalled including the 1945 Yalta agreement signed by Franklin D Roosevelt Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. Other notes mention naval battles in Toulon 1744 Edison born 1847 and major treaties in 1922 and 1960s events including China and nuclear ban talks.
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Associated Press
Yalta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Mediterranean
Toulon
Wilkes-Barre
Thomas A. Edison
Milan
Ohio
League of Nations
London
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Washington
U. S
Eniwetok
Marshall Islands
Peking
China
Moscow
Valentine’s Day Misfortune In Hal Boyle Memoir
New York AP writer Hal Boyle lists decades of Valentine’s Day disasters from 1916 to 1943 including a classroom humiliation, a stingy gift, a broken tooth in Tunisia, and a cruel husbandly remark. He recalls a lifetime of bad luck and calls the day doomsday for lovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Jutland
Tunisia
Squandering the Public Domain editorial charges railroad land grants
An 1872 World Almanac editorial accuses western railroads of obtaining millions of acres of prime land at homesteaders’ expense. It claims Congress granted free land to railroads to spur transcontinental construction, reflecting public anger over policy.
Millinery arrivals and civic notes from Pecos
Mrs. R F Kelton returns from St Louis markets and plans spring millinery stock for Farnum Millinery while Pecos notices report a Baptist Young People session a devotional program led by Mrs Tom Lewis and talks by Will Poer and the Keys. The Parent Teacher Association backs a sidewalk project costing about 300 dollars and city crossing work. Core drilling for the Red Bluff irrigation reservoir bed proceeds with government equipment from the reclamation department.
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R.F. Kelton
St. Louis
Miss Montgomery
Farnum
Tom Lewis
Will Poer
Key
John
Hardgraves
Red Bluff
The
Chamber of Commerce
Vernon L. Sullivan
Pecos Valley Water Users Association
Sullivan
Reclamation Department
Pecos club sales aid women's federation drive
Mrs. Paul Dowling announces Modern Study Club candy cake and rummage sales for Pecos women's federation drive. Sale location is Community Public Service building. rummage sale set for Saturday afternoon near Haynes Motor Company. Public urged to attend both events.
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Paul Dowling
The
Modern Study Club
Community Public Service
Haynes Motor Company
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Hairy Threat To Freedom
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Peggy McCracken
South Cedar Street
Pecos
Texas
TEXA
Ress Association
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Adams
Thanx
J. J. Otte Melrose
Minn
West Third St
Cleveland
Boyle
Sylvia Sandoval
Parent-Teacher Association
W. Frank Burns
O.K
Burns
West Texas
Hill Foreman
Highway Patrol
Foreman
Dub Naylor
Department of Public Safety
William L. Kerr
109Th Judicial District of
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109Th
Reeves, Ward
Winkler
Crane
Loving
Andrews
Kerr
Pecos Army Air Field
Red Saunders
el Paso
Dist
Val Liphan
Kermit
Monahans
Air Field
A. E. Zumbrink
Decatur
Ind
Buck Jackson
Zumbrink
Houston
Andy Fenton
E. O. Bright
Neva Neal Burchard
East Pecos Junior High School
Bright
Joe Wright
David Dutchover
Homer Graham
Lloyd Taylor
Bobby Wilbanks
Elmer Menasco
Mines
Doreen Odom
Peggy Nelson
Mildred Jenson
Lessie Kelley
Bertha Calderon
Geneva Morales
Pecos Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Carter Chapman
Bill Lewis
Bill Pigman
Peppy McKinney
W.S. McCree
John Dennison
Jim Wyman
John Hassenfly, Jr
Billie Sol Estes
J.B. Toone, Jr
Guy Williams
R.R. Butler
Jack Savage
James Hamilton
C. M. Travis
Basil Hicks
Dean King
King
Pecos High School
Happy
LaFores
Chamber Board of Directors
A.B. Foster
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