Campaigning switch satire targets presidential ads
Washington columnist ART BUSHWALD riffs on political TV commercials praising or poking at candidates. He sketches spoof scenes with Pat Nixon Richard Nixon George McGovern Spiro Agnew Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Arnie Palmer to lampoon campaign promotion and consumer stereotypes. The piece ends noting people prefer focusing on things beyond their control.
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Art Bushwald
Washington
Pat Nixon
Richard Nixon
Pat
George McGovern
McGovern
Eleanor
Spiro Agnew
Arnie Palmer
Agnew
Arnie
Spiro
Sarge Shriver
Sarge
Eunice
All Souls Baptist Church
Hays
Nixon
Jim McCord
Democratic Party
Shrader Sound
McCord
Republican National Committee
Christmas tax gifts and a Senate quick hand
Washington exposes a pattern of last minute tax breaks pushed by lawmakers led by Senator Russell Long. Rep James Burke Hale Boggs and others back measures for cigars oil rigs banks cable TV and foundations. A separate note reveals a faulty House electronic voting test and Jim McCord’s hidden camera purchase for GOP security.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Uncle Sam
Santa Claus
Congress
Santa
Senate
Russell Long
D-La
Long
James Burke
D-Mass
House
Hale Boggs
Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
Senator Long
Control Data Corporation
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Hays
History Highlights on October 10 in History
This date marks Sun Yat Sen's 1911 revolution leading to the fall of the Manchu dynasty in China. Other events include the 680 martyrdom of Husain in Iraq and the 1845 opening of the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis.
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Associated Press
Sun Yat-Sen
China
Mohammed
Husain
Iraq
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Argentina
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Gamboa
Panama Canal
Dramatic bond act urged to fix college library shortages
New Mexico colleges and universities face woefully inadequate holdings. UNM needs 1.3 to 1.8 million books but has 600,000. NM Tech has 43,638 vs 182,427 needed. NM State 54 percent below. Voters on Nov 7 urged to approve the $10 million State Educational Institution Library Bond Act to issue $2 million bonds over five years beginning in 1973.
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NEW Mexico
University of New Mexico
New Mexico Tech
New Mexico State
North Central Assn. of
UNM
Legislative Universities Study Committee
Bread, the staff of life in Soviet grain troubles
Lois Purvis notes that bread remains essential while the Soviet Union faces shortages and rationing. She contrasts Soviet pleas for thrift with America’s abundant crops, recalling the 1930s hunger era and urging gratitude for bread as Thanksgiving nears.
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Russia
Pravda
Communist Party
U.S
United States
Canada
Australia
National Gold and Hard Currency Board
America
Staff of Life
Roswell Drives Ahead With New Drive-In Theater
Theatre Enterprises, Inc. announced plans to begin construction soon on a modern drive-in theater on a two acre tract south of Roswell city limits.
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Theatre Enterprises, Inc
Roswell
Jackson Boosts Daniels in New Mexico Senate Bid
Washington Senator Henry Jackson campaigns for Jack Daniels across Albuquerque Grant County and Roswell. He pledges Daniels a seat on the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and Interior if elected, while endorsing the Democratic ticket and noting potential subcommittee chairmanship changes if Republicans gain control.
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Fred Buckles
Hanover
Roswell
Washington
Henry
Scoop
Jackson
Jack DaNiels
U. S. Senate
Albuquerque
Grant County
Daniels
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy and the Interior Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
U. S
Joseph M. Montoya
George McGovern
Chaves County
McGovern
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Grant
Richard M. Nixon
Pete Domenici
U.S
Harold Runnels
Lovington
Home County
Ed Presson
Silver City
Runnels
Nixon
Domenici
Jack
Chaves
Presson
Harold
Eddy County
South Dakota
Eddy
Artesia
Humphrey
Bernalillo County
New Mexico
Dessie Sawyer
Crossroads
Roswell County
Dessie
Lea County
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Hugh Carey
D-N.y
Herman Schneebeli
R-Pa
Schneebeli
Pew Memorial Trust
Pew
The
Small Society
Brickman
Eastern
Western
New Mexico Military Institute
Peter Hurd
San Patricio
Action For
LIFE
Lois Purvis
State Capitol
Organized Labor
Sen
Montoya
Little Joe
Nick Franklin
Nick
Dominici
Franklin
Pete
Bernalillo
Republic
Bruce King
Robert Mon
Dragon
Bruce
Bob
Albuquerque Valley
Mondragon
King
King Mondragon
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