Editorial Primaries Agony Condensed In Review
The piece assesses the 1978 primaries as a grueling, influential phase shaping the presidential race. It notes 29 primaries, questions the system’s distortions from New Hampshire and Indiana to California, and argues primaries helped Carter and Reagan reach their conventions. It considers future reforms toward regional primaries and shorter campaign fatigue. By DON GAKLEY.
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New England
Midwest
New Hampshire
Indiana
Ford
Ronald Reagan
California
Jimmy Carter
Frank Church
Edmund Brown
Kennedy Brothers
Don Gakley
Patriotism in the female sex during the American Revolution
Abigail Adams in 1782 urged John Adams to grant educational legal and political rights to women while praising the vital wartime roles of women. The piece notes Congress inaction on women’s rights and traces feminist thought from the era to later reformers, outlining how natural rights underpin the push for women’s equality. It also includes agricultural guidance on identifying corn rootworm in Livingston County with control recommendations using specific insecticides.
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Rosemary Keller
Abigail Adams
John
Continental Congress
Abigail
Congress
America
University of Ilinois
Chicago Circle
Livingston County
Illinois
William T. McNamara
Abortion stance shift by Pontiac reader George Monical
In a letter to The Leader Editor George D Monical of 304 E Howard St Pontiac Ill explains he has softened his previous radical abortion position. He now believes abortion is warranted if a child would become a proabortionist leader or advocate of a useless life. He offers a moveable exit for disillusioned readers and argues a child born outside wedlock or from rape may have a better mother than one with prior abortion while emphasizing personal responsibility.
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Supreme Court
Pontiac canoe trophy plea sparks merchant sponsors
Editor notes the annual canoe races through March and commends the Sportsmen's Club while urging local merchants to sponsor larger, nicer trophies. Suggests each division have a sponsor and a public ad, possibly with an Indian chief motif, to boost community spirit alongside town tree planting.
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Sportsmen’s Club
Pontiac
Pontiac Leader Publishing Co. listing and subscription rates
Livingston County's Widest Read Newspaper. Publisher Jerome Pearre, GM John Pleako, editors and staff listed. Subscription rates shown for delivery in Pontiac and surrounding areas, within Livingston County, outside the county, and military. Contact numbers and mail info provided. note for missed delivery and carrier notification procedures.
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Pontiac Leader Publishing CO
N. Main St
Pontiac
Livingston County
Jerome Pearre
John Pleako
Elizabeth Harris
Jim Caylerel
Weldon Greeneberg
Ken Bond
William Alvey
Mary Copeland
Merlyn Stonebrook
Partsworth
Chenoa
Cornell
Cullom
Fairbury
Flanagan
Forrest
Odell
Seunemin
Dwight
Gridley
Silliness in Washington as 1976 campaign season swings in
James Reston notes the early silly season amid DC political intrigue and sports choas. He cites Ford Reagan and Carter as contenders, delegates and conventions in flux, and the Capitol city buzzing through Fourth of July Bicentennial preparations with a mellow, hectic mood. The piece blends presidential race antics, party feuds, and the humor of a capital town on summer tilt.
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Ronald Reagan
Ford
Kansas City
James Reston
N.Y
Wayne Hays
Capitol Hill
Washington
Republic
Georgia
Democratic Party
Congress
United States
Alaska
Muhammad Ali
Carter
Reagan
Iowa
Rockefeller
Connally
Jerry Brown
California
Jimmy Carter
Cabinet
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