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...declared Republican National Committee Chairman Robert Dole. "We want a convention that will be watched-and not just by insomniacs." Everything is under control, observes the wry Dole, including a "spontaneous floor demonstration for Nixon and Agnew." Dissent is muted, polite, served up in small doses. There is no Bella Abzug storming around denouncing the nominee; instead Jill Ruckelshaus, wife of the director of the Environmental Protection Agency, makes a discreet, ladylike case for more lenient abortion laws...
...Neil MacNeil: "We were tempted to juggle the Ohio vote, but it was too risky. South Carolina felt very strongly about it. Governor West felt very strongly. We'd have risked victory on it." Interestingly, the new politicians were much more pragmatic. Although some women, including New York's Bella Abzug, objected angrily to the sacrifice of principle involved in the women's issue, McGovern's men had no qualms about taking the expedient loss. Shirley MacLaine did her best to argue that surely there was no real choice between adding a few women to the South Carolina delegation...
After Shirley MacLaine gave a speech that seemed to support McGovern's position, Bella Abzug confronted her. "A sister never goes against a sister," boomed Bella, undaunted by her 2-1 loss to Congressman William Fitts Ryan in the New York primary. "This cannot be tolerated." Retorted Shirley: "Sisters have a right to have pragmatic politics as well as personal principles." After Bella stormed off, Shirley remarked: "She's getting to be more theatrical than I am. Jesus Christ, every time the red light goes on, she gets up there and does her number. I guess...
Fidel Castro was less than complimentary when Houari Boumedienne replaced Ahmed Ben Bella as leader of revolutionary Algeria seven years ago. "A pimp," was the Cuban Premier's unbowdlerized estimate of Boumedienne. "A reactionary gorilla." Last week, as Castro visited Algeria in the course of a two-month hegira through Africa and the East bloc, Boumedienne had become "a great strategist" and Algeria under his rule was "a just society...
...march will begin at noon, go down Columbus Avenue, through "Times square to Bryant Park. A rally will begin at 1 p.m. across from the park at 40th Street and Sixth Avenue. Among the speakers will be Senator Mike Gravel (D. Alaska), Congressmen William Fitz Ryan and Bella Abzug--both Democrats from Manhattan, and a variety of labor, anti-war and fights leaders. The rally is scheduled to last until 4:30, Greater Boston Peace Action Coalition (GBPac) is coordinating plans for the march from here. They will have buses leaving Tech Square at MIT 1930 Main St., Cambridge...