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Thieu was also trying to convert other rivals into partners. Taking advantage of the split-up of the bloc of presidential losers, he has been trying to widen his own political base. He hopes to choose ministers from a number of different political groups so that his Cabinet will have the complexion of a government of national unity. The only thing that he seems uncertain about is the date of his own inauguration. Astrologers cautioned against holding it on Nov. 1 as planned, since the moon will be spent, its crescent thin and the tides low. Thieu is now considering...
Wilson arrived in Scarborough in the midst of the worst slump since he led Labor to power in 1964. Despite his efforts, the economy remained stagnant (see BUSINESS). Unemployment, at 555,000, was the worst in 27 years, and the trade gap continued to widen, endangering the stability of sterling. Wilson was under attack from just about every faction in his own party-old-line socialists, because he has resorted to Tory-style restrictions on consumer credit and travel allowances; trade unionists, because he has imposed a freeze on wages; intellectuals, because he seemed only concerned with pragmatics; left-wingers...
...create a closer relationship between private employers and public training and emergency employment programs to widen career opportunities. To this end, we will proceed immediately to promote "Earn and Learn Centers," in depressed urban areas . . . the joint venture of business, labor and local government...
Occupants of William James Hall have coughed up about $200 for campaign contributions to five United States Senators who oppose the war in Vietnam. Ten graduate students who have been canvassing the 15-floor building for about three weeks hope to widen their fund drive to reach the whole University this fall...
...Romney, and now, says Goldberg, "there's more organization for Romney than most people have two months before the primary." He may need it. Nixon for President Committee Chairman Dr. Gaylord Parkinson has been touring New Hampshire in a rented car, rounding up workers and seeking to widen the former Vice President's early lead. Moreover, there is talk that California's Governor Ronald Reagan, getting less and less bashful on the subject of the presidency, might go into New Hampshire. In his own state, according to Mervin Field's California Poll, Reagan still trails Nixon...