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...Viet Nam Veterans Against the War, learned that hard lesson in the Fifth District of Massachusetts. A McGovern man, he sank $250,000 into an energetic campaign and was considered well ahead; he lost to Paul Cronin, 34, when an independent who was expected to split the Republican vote withdrew...
...height of the Viet Nam War may well have marked its nadir. Hamilton Fish Armstrong, retiring editor of Foreign Affairs, writes in the current issue: "The methods we have used in fighting the war have scandalized and disgusted public opinion in almost all foreign countries. Not since we withdrew into comfortable isolation in 1920 has the prestige of the U.S. stood...
...National Collegiate Athletic Association withdrew from the United States Olympic Committee Thursday in an effort to dramatize its dissatisfaction with the USOC and the need for the committee's reorganization...
Then, apparently, deciding that the survival of The Phoenix was more important than either of their individual jobs. Harper Barnes and Mike Pogodzinski--Richard Missner's hand-picked replacement for Barnes--both withdrew from contention for the editor's slot. The union returned to work, and Carol Eron, former Phoenix managing editor, took the position on a temporary basis. Missner praised the courage of Barnes and Pogodzinski, and said the settlement "could be a milestone in American journalism...
Rumors circulated that a black had to be named either City Manager or Superintendent Wylie reacted strongly against the suggestion. The deadlock was broken when Bair offered $5000 raise by Hartford withdrew The School Committee appointed Cheatham on June...