Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...George Kane, 40, is a Perkins County, S. Dak., farmer-rancher who in 1952 became the first in his family to register as a Democrat. As Perkins County Democratic chairman for the past three years, Kane was more knowledgeable than most of the newcomers about how to get elected. Says Kane, "We may be a little green, but we know what we want and who we want, and it's George McGovern...
...leading Democrat took this unhappy inventory last week: No one can block McGovern's nomination, and if McGovern is nominated, he cannot win in November. His only chance would be to abandon the South and Border states, shift his positions to regain the moderate, middle-ground Democrats and hope somehow for a sweep through the Eastern industrial states-Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania-plus Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and California...
...News: Edward C. Norton of The Record. Hackensack, N.J.; J. Michael Ritchey of KERA-TV. Dallas, Tex.; Carl W. Sims, editor of the Bay State Banner, Boston, William Stockton of The Associated Press, Los Angeles: Luther R. West of the State, Colombia, S.C.: Edwin N. Williams of the Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Miss.: and Charles R. Wyrick, of Newsday...
...extraordinarily forward-looking community-relations program, which has served as a model for other big corporations. Polaroid now donates money or some other form of assistance to 143 community projects in the Boston area, including day-care centers and tutoring projects. Says Cambridge Mayor Barbara Ackerman, a Democrat and social activist: "Polaroid is the only industry in this city that you can go to for money, for land or for some other contribution to the community. Polaroid considers itself a neighbor and actually does neighborly things...
...Democratic presidential candidates rushing to call for tax reform? According to Democrat Arthur Okun, who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Johnson, they are responding to the voters' rising resentment against the present inequality of income distribution. This preoccupation with "fair shares," Okun says, is as much the result of the recent recession as an honest concern about fairness. But he fears the divisive effect of too much emphasis on tax reform and income redistribution during the election. He explained his concern at a recent meeting of TIME's Board of Economists...