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...House, Michigan Republican Gerald Ford and Oklahoma Democrat Carl Albert discreetly withdrew to an outer room as colleagues placed their names in nomination to become the 46th Speaker of the House, the nation's third highest office. Neither was the least bit surprised when the vote was announced as 250 for Albert, 176 for Ford. Graciously, the defeated Ford escorted Albert, whose elfin face crinkled into a massive grin, through the cheering chamber. At the rostrum, Ford observed that "we are the representatives not of political parties but of the people." He praised Albert warmly and noted with mock solemnity...
...sheriff's office into the back room of a vacant store down the street a week before the inauguration. Said D.W. Bailey, 71: "Some of the niggers play dominoes but they don't play like we do, so I'm told." Greene County's whites withdrew -some in bitterness, some in fear-when the time came for Sheriff Thomas Gilmore and Probate Judge William McKinley Branch to join five black school board members and four county commissioners in the courthouse...
Desperate Poverty. Despite Africanization programs aimed at placing political and economic power in indigenous hands, a grating degree of dependence on Europe persists. Small wonder: when the Belgians withdrew, the Congo had 13 college graduates; when the French left, Gabon had none. Of 34 Black African airlines, only Ethiopia's uses black captains on its major runs (though several use African pilots on local flights...
...blacks won. The only result that might be called a victory was that a white sheriff who has murdered blacks was replaced with a white sheriff who has only beaten blacks. There was a complete slate of black candidates for the school board. But most of them withdrew from the race before the election-for reasons known but unknown. Of those who stayed in the face, none were elected...
While collecting on his chit last week, Ky worked hard at disarming his critics and making an impression clearly pointed toward next year's South Vietnamese elections. Ky had breakfast with President Nixon, highlighted by "a little chat" about politics in South Viet Nam, then withdrew for a 90-minute discussion with Kissinger...