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...week campaign has been the most trouble-free in South Viet Nam's political history. Each of the 16 separate slates, mostly shaky coalitions patched together for the campaign, fielded ten candidates. The government granted each slate a $30,000 campaign fund, and they produced American-style campaigns featuring posters, sound trucks and television advertisements...
Even the participation of a slate backed by the antigovernment An Quang Pagoda Buddhist faction was expected to work in Thieu's favor. One of the faction's leaders is Thich Tri Quang, who helped overthrow the Diem regime in 1963. The militant group had previously scorned participation in the present government. The fact that they fielded a slate of candidates on the ballot, with the lotus blossom for their symbol, was regarded in Saigon as a return to the legitimate fold. It would support Thieu's claim that electoral democracy is becoming a reality in South...
...activities of the caucus in the Fainsod debate never approached the feverish pitch of the previous Spring. The liberals met only a few times this year to organize their slate of candidates. The conservatives met once, then circulated a list of their candidates to certain Faculty members and lobbied for their acceptance...
...demands that Chairman James H. Binger accept their nominations for directors. The Rev. William Grace, a United Presbyterian minister, damned the conduct of the meeting as "immoral, irregular and illegal." As the din continued, Binger announced that he was voting 88% of Honeywell's shares for the management slate of 14 directors. Replying to protests from the floor that others wanted to air their views, Binger snapped: "You've forfeited this right...
...JEREMY SLATE...