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...York, at least 17 unions have endorsed Nelson Rockefeller for Governor over Arthur Goldberg, a candidate whose impeccable credentials as a labor lawyer and Secretary of Labor under Kennedy would normally rate reflex support. Parades of hardhats backing Administration policy in Southeast Asia have reified the peace backlash and warmed the President personally. Nixon entertained construction and longshoremen union leaders in the Cabinet Room, accepting a souvenir "Commander-in-Chief" hardhat. Later, on his trip to the South, he proudly noted a New Orleans construction workers' helmet and said: "I have one of those...
...graduated from one of Davis' high schools?much to his relief, she thinks. "I had constant run-ins with teachers and principals about student rights, and he got calls from them. One day I didn't salute the flag in school and someone complained. He got a lot of backlash, and I'm really grateful for his tolerance...
...aggressive Democratic lawyer who often conducts heated discussions with his three sons until 4 or 5 a.m. at his home in Auburn, N.Y. The talk has pushed Michaels from hawk to dove, but as a political realist he has a healthy respect for backlash: "Many people in my generation thought that the National Guard should have killed ten more at Kent State, and I am afraid they're expressing the majority view...
Just such a backlash surely cost the Register some subscribers as it moved cautiously left of center under the editorship of Father Daniel Flaherty. But the emphasis on local diocesan life resulting from Vatican II was a more critical factor: several large dioceses decided to publish their own papers, leaving an enlarged Register printing plant underutilized. Now, as part of the sale agreement, Twin Circle-the original weekly backed by Frawley-will also be printed at the Denver plant, which stays in the hands of the former Register owners...
...Glenn Kimble, wonders whether mankind will suffer "a whole hell of a lot if the whooping crane doesn't quite make it." Flowery-hatted ladies from the D.A.R. have served notice that concern over pollution "is being distorted and exaggerated by emotional declarations and by intensive propaganda." Such backlash views are now being voiced in many parts of the country, although the protesters often have little more in common than the smoggy air they breathe...