McGovern Faces Hurdles Against Nixon in Fall Fight
Bruce Biassot notes McGovern must bridge nerves about change with a credible plan. He highlights that nominating prowess differs from winning, cites Goldwater 1964 as a contrast, and argues McGovern needs mass registration, strong cadres, and big labor support to overcome Nixon.
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Woods
Thomas FE. Dewey
New York
Barry Goldwater
McGovern
Goldwater
Pat Caddell
Caddell
Democratic Party
Editorials Youth trouble would aid GOP
An editorial argues protest groups in Miami Beach during the Democratic convention could be manipulated to favor Nixon. It warns of planned disruptions by Hippies and Yippies, suggesting a November clash would boost the Republican stance while noting past Chicago riots offered no clear advantage to either party.
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Republican National Committee
Miami Beach
Nixon
Peoples Coalition For Peace and Justice
Students For A Democratic Society
United States
Chicago
GOP
McGovern faces task of uniting divided Democrat Party
After winning California primaries McGovern must mend a fractured party to bolster his bid against Nixon. His strong campaign organization and staff loyalty show strength, but the convention battles risk a lasting split. He must curb reform zeal and heal factions to win in November.
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George McGovern
California
McGovern
Nixon
Miami Beach
Chicago
Richard Daley
Surviving Tree Lineage from Coal to Space Ages
Two tree groups have survived with little change since the Coal Age. The ginkgo or maidenhair tree remains native to China, and the cycad is a plant midway between a fern and a palm. Abalone is a large marine mollusk with a pearly shell and an elastic muscle.
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China
Quick quiz and wartime term origins
A sea snail that walks the ocean bottom is described as a delicacy. The expression Fifth Column originated in the Spanish Civil War when General Mola called Madrid Franco sympathizers the Fifth Column as he led four columns. The 16th Amendment grants Congress the right to tax incomes.
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Mola
Drid
Congress
Can you still tell the sexes apart in modern times
HAL BOYLE jokes about gender perception in New York, offering humorous tests to guess a person’s sex. He notes many over 30 misjudge those under 30 and provides quips about behavior, manners, and money use to label as man or woman, ending with a blunt test involving confrontation.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Women’s Liberation Movement
Saxon Sword Found in Thames Glitters in Angling Contest
In Oxford England AP reports angler Les Cadet aged 31 dominated a River Thames fishing contest. He caught a 2000 year old Saxon sword described by local museum experts as an interesting and valuable find. Cadet also landed 22 additional fish and won the competition.
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Oxford
England
Les Cadet
Thames
Cadet
Electric eel packs 600 volt shocking power
The World Almanac notes the electric eel is a South American freshwater fish, the largest and most potent of electric fishes, capable of discharging over 600 volts and enough power to stun or kill a large animal or a person.
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World Almanac
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Today in History July 25 1972 Highlights and Birthdays
July 25 1972 marks the 207th day of the year with 159 remaining. Highlights include 1952 Puerto Rico becoming a self governing commonwealth, Napoleon defeating Turks in 1799, 1934 Austrian coup failure and Dollfuss assassination, Mussolini’s 1943 resignation, Andrea Doria Stockholm collision in 1956 with fifty lives lost, 1957 Tunisia independence vote, and notable deaths and births through history and birthday notes for Eric Hoffer and Senator Frank Church. Thought for today adds a Spanish proverb on common sense.
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Associated Press
Puerto Rico
Commonwealth
New England
French National Assembly
Tunisia
Algeria
Mohammed Ben Bella
Detroit
Christian Barnard
Cape Town
South Africa
Eric Hoffer
Frank Church
Idaho
Comsat marks ten years of space age telecommunication
Comsat celebrates a decade of service tracing Telstar I’s 1962 launch from Cape Canaveral to Andover and Holmdel, the birth of trans ocean TV, and the rise of Intelsat and Relays I II Syncoms shaping global communications. It notes Telstar’s transfers, early demonstrations, and the 1965 start of Early Bird, now a global system with 83 members and thousands of circuits.
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America
France
Britain
New England
Atlantic
Andover
Holmdel
N.J
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape Kennedy
Pleumeut-Bodou
Brittany
Goonhilly Downs
Cornwall
Transocean
Europe
United States
England
Statue of Liberty
Philadelphia Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Buffalo
South Dakota
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mount Rushmore
London
Tower Bridge
Coliseum
Rome
Louvre
Paris
Sistine Chapel
Vatican City
Arctic Circle
Norway
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tage Erlander
Stockholm
Sweden
Telstar
Tel- Star
Soviet Union
Telstar I
Lyndon B. Johnson
Winston Churchill
John Kennedy
Paul VI
Kennedy
Johnson
Congress
Tokyo
Early Bird
Communications Satellite Corporation
Comsat
International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium
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Iy Bruce Biossat
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
William Howard Taft
Herbert Hoover
Illinois
Daley
White House
Democrat Party
Lod
United Red Army
Kozo Okamoto
Tel Aviv
Okamoto
Pecos Enterprise
Mike Oestreicher
Peggy McCracken
Frida
South Cedar Street
Peens
Texas
Ress Association
Boyle
Napoleon Bonaparte
Egypt
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Nazi
Black Guard
Engelbert Dollfuss
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Andrea Doria
Federal Space Agency
New
Cochren
Ajo
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