Word: mcgoverns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Abraham J. Chayes, professor of Law who backed McGovern in 1972 and now endorses Carter said Carter's victory would give the former governor "a good deal of momentum towards the Massachusetts primary...
UNTIL THE REST of the land can be reclaimed, however. Saigon will remain crowded and noisy. The PRG is unwilling to move people to the countryside unless it is certain they can be productive there. John Holum, one of Sen. McGovern's aides who accompanied the senator on a whirlwind trip to the two Vietnamese capitals last month, says that while Hanoi is "a quiet, dignified city with everyone going about their business," Saigon has "a carnival atmosphere, it's noisy, there are a lot of people standing around, dressed in Western clothing." Small stands on the streets of Saigon...
...line toward the South Vietnamese people, the Communists have made a few peaceable gestures toward an old enemy. Hanoi has indicated that it is ready and even anxious to establish diplomatic relations with the U.S.-"as soon as possible," North Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong told visiting Senator George McGovern in Hanoi last month. The Vietnamese, McGovern was told, would welcome trade with American companies. North Viet Nam has potential exports of tea, art, jute and oil, and is desperately in need of the kind of technology the U.S. can provide...
...people"); that he supported Lester Maddox for Lieutenant Governor in 1970 and George Wallace for Vice President in 1972 (Maddox complained that Carter actually "worked almost as hard against [me] as he did against his Republican opponent," while Wallace once called Carter a "southern-fried McGovern"); and that he hedged on the abortion issue (unquestionably, Carter is guilty of the charge-as are other candidates...
Several new accusations are also unveiled. Some are absurdly trivial: the article notes that Carter says he opens all the campaign mail sent to his Plains, Ga., home but really does not; Carter says he or his wife does. Other charges are somewhat more substantial: that Carter led anti-McGovern forces in 1972, ran a dirty tricks gubernatorial campaign in 1970 and withheld materials that point up inconsistencies in his record from the Georgia State Department of Archives and History. Some of the assertions are true, most notably the one about McGovern. Many of the other charges are open...