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University faculty members from across the country, including Mary I. Bunting, President of Radcliffe, announced their support for the Presidential candidacy of Sen. George McGovern (D-S.D.) at a press conference in Washington yesterday...
...Last December, facing an ailing economy and a rising tide of Democratic Presidential aspirants, Nixon executed a timely coup by making Connally Secretary of the Treasury. In one move, Nixon gained a highly-respected, conservative Democrat to balance his lopsided Cabinet; he tapped Texas' moneyed interests far beyond Republican Sen. John Tower's sphere of influence; and, he set the stage for winning in 1972 a state twice denied him in Presidential forays...
...Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) foresees political problems arising from the lapse of the 1967 law. "These men, the college students, are going to raise hell and object if they're the only ones drafted," he said...
Died. T.V. Soong, 77, former Chinese Nationalist official and member of the fabled Soong "dynasty"; of food lodged in his windpipe; in San Francisco. The Harvard-educated son of a Shanghai Bible publisher, and wealthy brother-in-law of both Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kaishek, Soong was called the Alexander Hamilton of China for making economic reforms as Chiang's young Minister of Finance. Soong later rallied the support of Shanghai bankers for the Generalissimo in his 1927 power struggle with the Communists. But during World War II Soong cooperated with Chou En-lai in forging a Nationalist...
Other speakers at the rally included Sen. Vance Hartke (D-Ind.), Marcos Munoz of the United Farm Workers' League. Debby Bustin of the Student Mobilization Committee, and Charlie Lowell of the United Electrical Workers Local No. 4. The Gay Liberation Front and the National Welfare Rights Organization also were represented by speakers...