Editorial: McGovern Faces Likely landslide defeat
The piece portrays Senator George McGovern as a tragic campaig n figure after a strong start at the Democratic convention. It critiques his staff, shifts in policy, and failure to define major issues while urging him to emulate Adlai Stevenson by speaking plainly to Americans and defending national interests.
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George McGovern
McGovern
Nixon
America
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Hitchhiking Youths Remain Cited as Mixed Menace Across U S
A State study notes most hitchhikers are harmless but a small, dangerous minority threatens motorists and riders. New Jersey found 162 juvenile runaways and 501 with criminal records among apprehended hitchhikers while Arizona reports kidnapping and assaults tied to rides.
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United States
New Jersey
Arizona
Shortchanging the capitalists on Cold War debts
The United States faces Soviet and Chinese reluctance to pay UN and other wartime bills. Russia backs rubles for UN dues, China rejects refugee costs and unpaid pledges, while China refutes Chiang Kai shek remnants. A spring Moscow Summit discussed a $11 billion Lend Lease debt, with a proposed $500 million payoff. inflation could erase it. Edwin W. Pauley’s forthcoming book details wartime oil reparations and Soviet demands, arguing oil quotas depleted U.S. reserves and should be paid.
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Soviet Union
People’s Republic of China
Russia
U.S.S.R
United Nations
Congo
Middle East
China
Tibet
Taiwan
Chiang Kaishek
Kremlin
World Organization
Ivan
Chase Manhattan
Moscow
U.S
Edwin W. Pauley
FDR
Truman
Far East
Manchuria
Korea
Japan
Pauley
O. S. van Petten
Los Angeles
Ed Pauley
Stalin
Leningrad
Mailbag: residents urged to push Earls Drive fix
Letter writer scolds city for Earls Drive condition between 70th Street and Scottsdale Road while noting residents blocked by cost and traffic concerns. They urge Spud Henry and property owners to form an improvement district or petition City Hall, praising patchwork repairs as better than inaction.
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Earls Drive
70Th Street
Scottsdale Road
Mr. Henry
City
Henry
City Hall
Earls
Tax receipt suggestions from Phoenix reader spark debate
Peggy Jane Decker of Phoenix praises R C Pickering's district tax ideas while proposing flawed uses such as subsidies for teacher unions beauty shops and extra administrators. She urges voters to choose a new school board member in the upcoming election.
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Scottsdale
R. C. Pickering
Pueblo
Peggy Jane Decker Phoenix
Nixon Sees Silence as Tide of Corruption Charges Laps
Washington President Nixon and aides respond to corruption accusations with quiet deflection. Officials dismiss claims of spying and favors while the public shows little concern. The Watergate break‑in is noted, and Palmby’s switch in jobs raises ethical questions, but no decisive impact on the election.
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UPI
White House
Nixon
John D. Ehrlichman
Dwight Chapin
Chapin
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
George S. McGovern
Democratic Party
Nixon Campaign Committee
Democratic National
Watergate
FBI
Clarence D. Palmby
Soviet Union
Continental Grain Co
Palmby
Scottsdale Drivers License Office Extends Hours
City officials correct an earlier note and state the Scottsdale license office now closes at 5 p.m. on weekdays with licensing services ending at 4 30 p.m. The editorial urged more staff to handle demand.
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