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...Republican leader in the House, Rep. Gerald Ford of Michigan, does not offer smiling generalities. Nor does he call heavy federal spending socialistic, or term effective civil rights legislation "unconstitutional" as Goldwater has done. Ford is a pragmatic sniper; he votes against open housing legislation because it's "divisive" and harps on the Administration's failure to cope with prosperity-ridden inflation by cutting spending, i.e. cutting back anti-poverty programs and foreign aid. And his strategy, like Reagan's may work to some extent...
...Knights and the Shriners co-sponsored a charity bazaar. In Tacoma, Wash., Columbians and Shriners gathered for what one ecumenical enthusiast called "a real bash." And in Hartford, Conn., the Knights have joined with the Masons and B'nai B'rith to form a brotherhood committee rep resenting a combined membership of 100,000. Says Supreme Knight John W. McDevitt, national head of the Catholic organization: "It's high time for the dissipation of any recriminations, disaffections or petty jealousies that may have formed a barrier be tween the Knights of Columbus and the Masonic Order...
...Summer School will hold its annual "Conference on Educational Administration" Thursday and Friday. Harold Howe II, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Rep. Ogden R. Reld (R-N.Y.), and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, professor of education and Urban Politics, will be long the speakers at the two day convocation...
Antiques Extant. The mayor's prestige was at stake in two congressional races. Seeking a ninth term aboard Daley's delegation to Washington, Rep resentative Barratt O'Hara - who at 84 is the oldest member of the House -was challenged by Abner Mikva, 40, a liberal with a distinguished ten-year rec ord in the state legislature. Though O'Hara rarely gets home to his problem-racked South Side constituency, the smooth-purring Democratic machine came to his rescue, helping him to win, 33,789 to 31,180. Said O'Hara, a Spanish-American...
...Rep. Howard K. Smith (D-Va.), a agregationist, inserted the clause outlawing discrimination by sex into the Civil Rights Act in an attempt to hamstring the Commission. The "sex clause" has led to some touchy problems, Roosevelt said, but so far no men have applied to be bunnies in Playboy Clubs...