Right wing groups catalog priced high in California
In Long Beach on November 21 1972 an editorial notes the shrinking visible radical right then highlights a Massachusetts National Information Center catalog listing right wing groups by state with prices from 15 to 2 25 for California. The piece calls California listings costly and mentions South Dakota as the only state with no listing.
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California
Shuffleboard
America
National Information Center
Massachusetts
George Lincoln Rockwell
Alaska
Connecticut
Delaware
Arizona
Arkansas
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
Virginia
Florida
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Texas
New York
South Dakota
Union
Unruh Opens Cautious Los Angeles Mayoral Campaign
Former Democratic Assembly Speaker Jess Unruh begins a responsible campaign for Los Angeles mayor Aim to lead in a two man race against Mayor Sam Yorty. His approach suggests a disciplined bid but may need more aggressive messaging to win a direct duel.
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Democratic Assembly
Jess Unruh
Los Angles
Unruh
Sam Yorty
Paradise sewers fate hinges on December vote
In Paradise California residents clash over sewer plans with a December 12 election looming. If the measure fails downtown Paradise will remain without sewers. Also local Chamber of Commerce directors report the living Christmas tree planted last year has died, fueling town concerns. Los Angeles campaign notes reference Unruh versus Yorty with Bradley and Reddin as rivals, signaling a possible run-off scenario.
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Paradise
Paradise Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Thomas Bradley
Tom Reddin
Yorty
Pepper drives bid to bar TV pill advertising nationwide
Representative Claude Pepper plans a drive to ban all television ads for pills from 8 am to 9 pm naming painkillers sedatives antacids vitamins and laxatives as examples. The measure targets drug firms and the TV industry arguing ads condition children and push unnecessary drug use.
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Rep. Pepper
Pepper
The Two Party Struggle After the 1972 Election
In a Maine column Margaret Smith and Caleb Boggs lose as Democratic party candidates amid a critique of the post election two party system. The piece argues the public chose a change oriented periphery party over the traditional Democratic and Republican labels.
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Washington
China
Oliver Warbucks
White House
Margaret Smith
Maine
Caleb Boggs
Delaware
ITEC
Mississippi
Georgia
Amish family seeks purer life among the hills
Eli Garber and his wife Lydia lead their children in a wagon journey from Athens Maine toward Pennsylvania to reclaim Amish self sufficiency. They hope to return home soon, enduring police escorts and roadside help while pursuing flax growing and weaving skills along the way.
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Woopbury
N.Y
Pennsylvania
Eli Garber
Mount Pleasant Mills
Garber
Maine
Hudson River
New England
Athens
Bear Mountain
Edward Burns
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Bridge Authority
Palisades Parkway
Lydia
Elizabeth
Christian
Katy
Rachel
William Slapp
Slapp
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