Word: ohio
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Last week, in the aftermath of the Ohio and California congressional elections, Deputy Press Secretary Ken Clawson lamented that so few persons could perceive, as he did, Nixon's voter appeal, the solid base of support for him still round the nation. "I wish just one candidate would run as an out-and-out Nixon man," he said. But Clawson's view of Nixon remains confined to the cool, ordered corridors where the President's staff members dwell. There are few men on the Hill who have got this appealing picture of the man in the Oval...
...national committees of both parties gave most of their attention to the race in Ohio's First District, which encompasses the eastern half of Cincinnati and suburban Hamilton County. The district is mostly white collar and prosperous; in 1972 it gave 70.3% of the vote to Republican William J. Keating, who resigned late last year. To succeed him, both parties nominated well-known and longtime city councilmen: Democrat Thomas Luken, 49, a lawyer and former Assistant U.S. Attorney; and Republican Willis Gradison Jr., 45, a wealthy stockbroker. Both had served as mayor-in Cincinnati, a post filled by vote...
...nothing quite like Third Age College. But more modest academic programs for older citizens are springing up at campuses around the country. Institutions that have recently opened up courses free of charge to the elderly include the University of Denver, Seattle Pacific College, Ohio State University and City University of New York. Also in New York City, Fordham University's "College at Sixty" offers special seminars for the retired...
...teaching a seminar at the Institute of Politics this year, "How the Congress Responds to Crisis." He is confident that Nixon will either resign or be impeached. He speculates that Tuesday's Republican loss of the Cincinnati congressional seat of Rep. Willis D. Gradison Jr. (R-Ohio) to the Democrats will create "more than just subsurface panic" in the GOP, and it will place "enormous pressure" on the president to resign...
Captain Glenn Whitman was understandably ecstatic after the victory. "Nobody gave us a chance to win the title this year after we graduated four of our top players and Penn grabbed all the top juniors," he said. "This is like Harvard beating Ohio State in football. The whole team has worked together and come a long way this year...