Percy Gains Stature as He Leads Illinois Republicans
Editorial views Charles H. Percy rising within the Illinois GOP as he allies with William Scott and Sheriff Richard Ogilvie to purge nine incumbents from the ticket. The Bell and Howell former chairman leverages the Carpentier vacancy and Scott backers to secure power and shape the party for the general election. Critics may label him bosslike as he asserts firm party leadership.
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Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Springfield
William Scott
Charles Percy
Scott
Cook County
Richard Ogllvie
Percy-Scott- Ogilvie
Republican Party
Percy
Bell and Howell Co
GOP
Charles H. Carpentier
Scott’sutile
Ilinois
Chieago
Richard J. Daley
Miinoisans
Goldwater Wins California Primary in Bitter GOP Contest
Barry Goldwater carries California and its 86 delegates as a fierce GOP battle unfolds. Rockefeller backers ponder next moves after a narrow Goldwater upset signals a volatile preconvention fight ahead of the November election.
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Barry Goldwater
California
Stop-Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Times
Daily News
Marshall Field, Jr
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Sen. Goldwater
San Francisco
Merpin
Len Goldwater
Gov
Rockefeller
Henry Cabot Lodge
Dropouts or Push-Outs in U S Education Debate
A 184 page report by the American Council on Education argues colleges neglect the majority of American youth and push them toward nondegree paths. Independent checks by Norman C Harris emphasize rising technical and clerical job growth while unskilled work declines, urging expanded post high school vocational training and two year college missions.
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United States
American Council On Education
Grant Venn
Venn
Warvis
Nical
Comepley Ing
Renn
Harris
Second Look at Nehru Death Feeds Six Crises Rumor
The notice notes Nehru died before many could spell or pronounce his name and hints at a forthcoming revised edition of Henry Kissinger? No, Six Crises by Richard Nixon, suggesting a timely political classic update.
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Mr. Nehru
Fuebard Nixon
Mounted Fuel Tanks and Vintage Automotive Tales
Dave Felts recounts a Memorial Day race in Indianapolis where drivers wore fuel tanks around them, a neighbor boy’s work on coal mines earning up to $20 daily, and a mother who almost rode in a new car despite fears of gasoline tanks. The piece blends farm memories, old TV tubes, and attic hoarding with reflections on changing technology and rising property taxes.
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Indianapolis
Fru
Megalopolis a Vital Yet Flawed Nation Lamp
The Twentieth Century Fund report The Challenge of Megalopolis portrays the Atlantic seaboard mega‑region as the nation’s richest educated and best served area with half its land woodland and a high per capita income. It notes soaring service employment, heavy state and local government fragmentation, and transportation strains while praising its cultural and economic dominance and warning of urban ugliness and pollution.
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Twentieth Century Fund
New York
Megalopolis
Atlantic Seaboard
Boston
Washington
New Twentieth Century Fund
Macmillan Ca
Wolf von Eckardt
Megas Lopalis
Jean Gottmann
United States
Eoen
Barge
Mega- Jopolig
Hense
Megelopolitan
Mississippi
Europe
Uris
Columia
Tuyn
Simaller
Nework
Regional Plan Association
Sia
Plucky Pierre Salinger and George Murphy Senate Bid
Read of potential California Senate ticket pairing Salinger and Murphy with a possible campaign plan and ticket pricing. Mentions various firms and a fictional Admiral TV company while musing on Nixon’s nomination and DNC actions after the California governor race. Notes on university space and crime inquiries tied to broader political discourse. Questions about sugar prices in Cuba.
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Pierre” Salinger
George Murphy
California
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General Dynamics
Admiral Television Company
Richard Nixon
Democratic National Committee
Bobby Baker
U.S. Senate
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