Polls versus campaigns and British drivers’ temper on roads
The piece notes polls facing heavy use in the 1972 primary season with discrepancies between predictions and results including George McGovern and George Wallace. It explores poll validity amid large voter samples and reports on British MPs criticizing UK drivers as frenzied behind wheels, categorizing motorists as express drivers SID drivers and weekend drivers.
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George McGovern
George Wallace
California
McGovern
No Better No Worse Reform Voice Reflects On Campaign Sewage
Sam Archibald of the Fair Campaign Practices Committee says the group has kept political sewage to its longtime level after 19 years in operation. The remark invites readers to question whether maintaining the status quo counts as progress in reducing political slime.
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Fair Campaign Practices Committee
Sam Archibald
Marineland of the Pacific
Los Angeles
Oceanarium
World Almanac
Sea World
San Diego
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Virginia
Winchester
Charles P. Marks
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Busing Policy Debate Persists After Elections
Washington notes the busing issue remains unsettled beyond the election. President Nixon urged Congress to set uniform desegregation standards and limit court ordered busing from kindergarten through sixth grade but Congress did not act. He criticized Congress for not guiding federal judges to use busing only as a last resort and for sparing inequities.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Supreme Court Death Penalty Ruling Spurs Historic Shakeup
The Furman v. Georgia decision splits the court along activist and restraint lines with a 5-4 vote, halting death sentences under current laws. The ruling demands commutations for about 600 inmates and centers on judicial philosophy and the power of courts to shape law. It highlights the clash between Thurgood Marshall's activist view and the restraint of Burger Blackmun Powell and Rehnquist.
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Furman
Georgia
Thurgood Marshall
Burger
Blackmun
Powell
Rehnquist
Marshall
Supreme Court
Violent gun battle on Oran independence day shocks city
A violent gun battle in Oran amid Algeria's independence celebrations damaged the First Presbyterian Church educational building. Fire damaged rooms with losses at least 100000 dollars per pastor Dr. George D. Jackson.
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Oran
Algeria
First Presbyterian Church
George D. Jackson
Defining a bad man by the will to improve
The piece argues that a bad man is one who does not want to do better and distinguishes between those who sin yet retain a desire to improve and the truly hopeless, self-satisfied. It cites Jesus noting publicans and sinners may enter heaven while the pious falter, highlighting moral hope through striving.
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Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
Wallace Cornered As McGovern Packs Convention Support
Wallace's bid to steer the Democratic platform and ticket is thwarted by liberal backers led by ADA and Black Caucus members. McGovern courted black delegates and pledged broad inclusion while Wallace faces a platform endorsing busing and social programs. Carter predicts Wallace will back the convention nominee if treated without insult.
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Washington
George C. Wallace
George McGovern
George Wallace
ADA
McGovern
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Leon Shull
Wallace
South Dakota
Black Caucus
Walter Fauntroy
Washington, D.C
Martin Luther King
Louis Stokes
Cleveland
William Clay
St. Louis
Supreme Court
Stokes
Resolutions Committee
Alabama
Florida
Michigan
Miami Beach
Hodding Carter IV
Carter
Nixon
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