Bond issue overlooked in Silver Bow votes and gambling win
Voters in Silver Bow County missed the bond issue on a Tech recreation complex after notices on voting machines failed to highlight the bond lever. The piece also notes heavy support for legal gambling while opposing the new constitution, and urges clearer campaign financing disclosures from Senator Metcalf and more substance from Hank Hibbard.
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Silver Bow County
Tech
Lee Metcalf
Hank Hibbard
Mail order insurance ads draw sharp public scrutiny
The article reports wide criticism of nationwide mail order health insurance ads featuring Art Linkletter for National Liberty Corp and National Home Life. Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Denenberg cites misleading claims and ties to the company, prompting public hearings.
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Pennsylvania
Herbert S. Denenberg
Madison Avenue
Denenberg
Linkletter
National Liberty Products
National Home
New York
New Jersey
North Carolina
Vermont
Denenberg targets mail order insurers in broadened campaign
In a Pennsylvania-led push, Denenberg blasts National Home and Union Fidelity Life for misleading ads and pre existing condition clauses. He notes Union Fidelity and National Home use negative framing as benefits and criticizes Blue Cross as a better alternative while warning the coverage is not full insurance.
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Linkletter
Pennsylvania
Denenberg
National Home
Union Fidelity Life
Union Fidelity
Philadelphia
Blue Cross
Court reshapes rights as Nixon justices take the helm
The 1972 Supreme Court under Nixon shifts to a conservative stance on criminal rights. Decisions limit protections by permitting warrantless searches and nonunanimous juries, while disputes among justices reveal clashes over state laws and civil rights. Justice Rehnquist, Powell, Burger and Blackmun shape a new court dynamic.
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Washington
Warren Court
Nixon
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Warren Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Marshall
White
Stewart
Douglas
Burger
Blackmun
Rehnquist
Powell
The Great Political Gamble
James Reston argues politics has become a high stakes gamble. He notes McGovern may win the Democratic nomination and Nixon may win the general election, with unforeseen shocks from Nixon and surprises in Britain France and beyond shaping the global political mood.
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James Reston
New York Times
Washington
George McGovern
Richard Nixon
Franklin Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Teddy
Ed Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Michigan
Nixon and Mao Visit Sparks Global Upheaval and Domestic Unrest
The piece traces a year of Cold War shocks with Chou En Lai inviting Nixon to Peking while Lin Piao vanishes, India destroys East Pakistan with Soviet aid, and Moscow arms North Vietnam. Nixon responds with mining Haiphong and bombing railroads as Brezhnev meets him in Moscow. Back home, unemployment rises and the political system fractures, casting doubt on November outcomes and the fate of McGovern and Nixon amid shifting realities.
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Chou En Lai
Nixon
Peking
Lin Piao
Mao Tse Tung
India
America
South Asia
East Pakistan
Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Haiphong
Peking Hanoi
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Vietnam
Democratic Party
Washington
Hanoi
Brezhnev
McGovern
Sen. McGovern
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Texas
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James Battin
Billings
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Robert J. Cole
Frazer, Pa
Art Linkletter
National Liberty Corporation
National Home Life Assurance Company
Montana
D.R. Campbell Jr
Robert W. Jones
Bert Gaskill
Roy Anderson
Jeffrey B. Gibson
Butte
John Lindsay
Florida
Wisconsin
South Dakota
General DeGaulle
Pompidou
France
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Britain
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