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...McGovern's spending proclivities would seem to make controls even more essential for him than for Nixon, but he long talked as if controls were a bit of Nixon trickery that he intended to abolish quickly. He has now come around to advocating a control plan of his own, but it is still a less formal one than the President's. McGovern would replace the Pay Board and Price Commission with a single review board that would be part of the White House. After consulting with industry, labor and consumer representatives, the board would draw up guidelines...
...even a substantial Nixon victory would not be likely to bury the McGovern-raised issues entirely, but only drive them underground for a while. They could easily re-emerge-:soon and with force. If Nixon is compelled to propose a tax increase, as he probably will be, he will touch off an acrimonious quarrel about tax preferences for corporations, investors and high-income people. If the tax increase is needed largely to pay for greater military outlays, the argument over spending priorities will break out again in full cry. Conversely, if Nixon's budget hold-down causes the economy...
...which one of us he loves more by which song he sings first," said Eunice Shriver as she introduced her guest of honor, Rock Singer Neil Diamond. Eunice and Sister-in-Law Ethel Kennedy had both put in requests at a McGovern-Shriver fund-raising picnic. "This is a terrible predicament-I'm chicken is what I am," Diamond confessed. He tried to escape by beginning with some of his own favorites, then got up enough nerve to swing into Eunice's choice, Sweet Caroline. Ethel responded by creeping up be hind the singer and pouring...
More than 80% approve of President Nixon's policies, and 47% plan to vote for him (37% favor George McGovern...
...presidential candidate enjoyed such an overwhelming edge in endorsements as Richard Nixon does this year. By the beginning of October, reported E & P, 548 dailies with combined circulation of 17.5 million had come out for Nixon's reelection, while only 38 with 1.4 million circulation had backed George McGovern. The trend was continuing last week, and Nixon is certain of a much bigger editorial edge than in 1968, when he was favored by 634 dailies (circ. 34.5 million) to 146 (circ. 9.5 million) for Hubert Humphrey...