Presidential Aptitude Test for Candidacy Prompts Satire
Public domain satire presents a mock presidential aptitude test by Art Buchwald. It surveys voters on political stances, international matters, and social questions with multiple choice and math sections, poking at campaign rhetoric and public expectations.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
America
United States
New Hampshire
Florida
Israel
Suez Canal
Sixth Fleet
Haifa
Moshe Dayan
ITT Strategic Plot Aims to Block Chilean Vote in 1970
Secret ITT documents show the company worked with CIA figures to trigger economic chaos in Chile to block Salvador Allende’s election. ITT officials discussed pressuring banks and firms, withholding credit, and withdrawing technical aid to provoke a military coup, with involvement from ITT leaders and CIA contacts.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
International Telephone and Telegraph
ITT
Salvador Allende
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Allende
William V. Broe
Clandestine Services
Chile
Ford
Bank of America
Santiago
Harold S. Geneen
E. J. Gerrity
Gerrity
Nixon calls for nationwide drug war and tougher penalties
The President advocates harsher law enforcement and court penalties to curb hard drugs. Federal backing amounts to millions, with agents and police uncovering large drug caches, mainly marijuana, while organized crime dominates hard drug traffic in cities. Cooperation across states and communities is urged to sustain the battle and justify costs.
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Nixon
America
U. S
History highlights and birthdays on March 21, 1972
On this date in history events include the 1829 Spain earthquake that killed about 6000, Bach's birth in 1685, Jefferson becoming secretary of state in 1790, Code Napoleon in 1803, Hatfields and McCoys feud ending in 1891, WWI Paris bombardment in 1918, King's Selma march in 1965, Soviet space talks in 1965, Vietnam talks note in 1972, and a Laos-Vietnam cross-border withdrawal in 1971. Birthdays include Phyllis McGinley and John D. Rockefeller III. Thought: man is born into trouble.
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Associated Press
Spain
Johann Sebastian Bach
Germany
Thomas Jefferson
U.S
Kentucky
Paris
Martin Luther King
Selma
Ala
Montgomery
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Laos
Phyllis McGinley
John D. Rockefeller
National Legion Commander Visits Roswell Post
Paul A. Griffith national commander of the American Legion is a guest of the Roswell post today. More than 50 Boy Scout executives from Eastern New Mexico Area Council attended the district meeting held yesterday. City prep for spring cleaning opens April 1 per City Manager C. M. Woodbury at the chamber fire prevention meeting.
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Paul A. Griffith
American Legion
Roswell Post
Boy Scout
Eastern New
Mexico Area
C. M. Woodbury
Chamber of Commerce
Increased drilling outlook boosts New Mexico state land revenue
Land Commissioner Alex Armijo says oil and gas activity on state land is rising, with major wildcat play in northeastern New Mexico. Companies like Amoco Humble Shell paid about 75 cents an acre, while state revenue from oil and gas topped 36 million dollars annually.
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Fred Buckles
Santa FE
Alex Armijo
New Mexico
State Land Office
Armijo
Amoco Production Co
Houston
Humble Oil Co
San Miguel
Roosevelt, Curry, Colfax
DeBaca
Guadalupe
Quay, Harding
Union Counties
Io Grande Valley
Socorro
Bernalillo
Shell Oil Co
Albuquerque
Texaco Inc
Otero
Harding
Union
Land Office
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Great Britain
IRA
Belfast
Justice Department
White House
John McCone
William Merriam
McLean Agency
Merriam
Savings and Loan
William Broe
The
Small Society
Brickman
Broe
HSG
Stover
Morgan County Press
Nashville
Ark
Congress
Hes
Brickmarn
State Capitol
Jones
Franklin Jones
Robert Kirkpatrick
SPO
Gov
Bruce King
Texas Research League
Austin
Texas Organization
Texas Legislative
New Mexico Revenue Bureau
King
Franklin
State Personnel Board
Louis G. Silva
Silva
David F. Cargo
U.S. Senate
Steven Malnar
Automated Data Processing Department
Malnar
State Personnel Office
SADPD
Charles Spath
Robert McBride
Frank O. Papen
Dlas Cruces
San Francisco
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