McGovern Gains City Backing as Daley Opens Door
Editorial notes Daley met with George McGovern in New Orleans amid mayoral civility to a potential president. Daley suggested no formal stop McGovern movement, yet signals point to McGovern moving closer to broad party support. The piece recalls past Dallas and Kennedy dynamics and underscores McGovern’s growing presidential viability.
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George McGovern
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
McGovern
Daley
New Orleans
John Lindsay
New York
Federal Treasury
John Kennedy
Richard Daley
Pilots Push Back Against Air Piracy and Hijack Threats
The piece argues pilots defend against air piracy with threats of boycotts and stricter security. It cites past hijackings in Tel Aviv and Algiers, notes government and airline responses, and calls for improved weapon detection and training, urging stronger support for pilots from authorities and carriers.
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Air France
Rome
Tel Aviv
Lod
Western Airlines
Algeria
Cuba
June in Carolina: a whimsical elf’s ode and omission
The piece from the Greensboro Daily News playfully reviews a humorous June ode attributed to a garden elf. It rhapsodizes about June’s charms from hay and honey to beans and fireflies while noting the poet elf overlooked wedding bells, stars, waves, and other springtime joys, inviting mock critique of his elf tests.
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Daley
Senator McGovern
U.S
Paul Douglas
Adlai Stevenson
Winston-Salem Journal
Carolina
Canal Treaty Talks Reignite Panamanian Sovereignty Debate
In Washington a Panamanian ambassador and State Department officials discuss U S control of the Panama Canal and a 1903 perpetuity clause. Panama seeks removal of perpetual control, a time limit, and a treaty covering future canals, with altered troop and revenue terms amid a forthcoming Panamanian election and civilian transition.
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State Department
Washington
U.S
Panama Canal
United States
Nixon
Panama
Omar Tor
Torrijos
Canal
Canal Zone
Spain
Confessions of a lonely conservative letter to the editor
A woman writes that she discovers her conservatism after a life video of modern marketing and milk ads. She rejects harsh politics and favors the present self over any promised new self, expressing wary skepticism toward sweeping reform or centralized power. The note frames a personal political awakening amid a televised campaign.
I Like the Present Me More Than the New
The narrator rejects newness in politics media and culture, preferring familiar, flavorful realities. He distrusts novelty as a cover for unpleasant truths, praising consistent ideas, journalism, and products that taste like what they are. He questions a mass move toward the new left and urges like minded colleagues to form a movement.
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Dostoevsky
Diot
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