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UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC INVADES CYRENAICA

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REBELLION SPREADS IN IRAQ AS KURDS CALL FOR UNIFICATION WITH THE MAHABAD REPUBLIC
 
November 8, 1972
President Humphrey Wins Landslide, Declares Healthcare Reform Will Become a Reality

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President Humphrey has successfully shown that his victory in 1968 was no fluke. Winning at least 396 EV, Humphrey has shown once and for all that, to the contrary of political pundits, he is no sitting duck. As president, he surprised liberals by ending Vietnam and he surprised moderates when inflation was reduced, apparently by his actions. Though at the peak of the 1970 recession, it looked like he was about to lose, his actions in the Paris Peace Talks showed otherwise, and the rapid recovery of the economy and decline in racial tensions and crime showed that it was not the case. Though the failure of his first attempt at healthcare reform in 1971 hurt him, it appears it did not do so sufficiently for him to lose reelection. The nomination of Ronald Reagan by the Republican Party galvanized moderate opposition to him in what was reminiscent of 1964, and Humphrey's sunny and optimistic demeanour appears to have contrasted well against Reagan's pessimism, and Humphrey seeming like a man of the past seems to have been largely irrelevant. Running as a peacemaker at home and abroad, Humphrey was able to combat against Reagan quite well. With the Democratic Party winning enough seats in the Senate to break a filibuster, and a supermajority in the House, it looks like at last the Democratic dream of healthcare reform will be a reality, though the form it will take is very much in the air.
 
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED-ON A RUSSIAN MINEFIELD
Soviet Union claims Lunar Territory-Contact lost with EAGLE crew.
 
November 8, 1972
President Humphrey Wins Landslide, Declares Healthcare Reform Will Become a Reality
March 8th, 1974
PRESIDENT HUMPHREY VETOES MCGOVERN-DELLUMS BILL!
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Calling abortion a "barbaric practice", Hubert Humphrey has vetoed the McGovern-Dellums bill, which, if passed, would had legalized abortion. As the nation moves into another midterm election, President Humphrey may fall victim to the "six year itch", in which a two-term president's party suffers in the midterms held 6 years after the president was first elected. As of 1974, the only president avoiding the itch was Thomas Jefferson. Many pundits claim that this was Humphrey trying to emphasize his moderate image, so that the Democrats don't suffer in the midterms. It has yet to be seen what the results of the 1974 elections will be.

George McGovern and Ron Dellums, both cosponsors of the bill, have yet to respond

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Must move on

A month after President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson assassination.

President Mcormack has announced that America is ready to move on
 

Genghis

Banned
Humpley Aplebee is new Prime Minister.
Guardian Headline on British Politics

Argentina Repels British Assault on Falkands, Thatcher Cabinet in Crisis.

Japanese Invade Hawai, Pushed Back Lose Midway.
 
January 16th 1975:
President Richard Nixon Resigns-Gerald Ford takes Oath of Office

For the first time in American History the President has voluntarily left office before his term in office expired. President Richard Nixon has resigned.

Nixon's resignation closely follows yesterday's vote in the Judiciary Commitee to report out articles of impeachment against President Nixon on charges relating to the Watergate Scandal after more than six months of delay.

Sources close to the administration claim that former Judiciary Chairman Emmanuel Celler's defeat in the 1974 Democratic primaries was a key factor in Nixon's decision to resign.

As Chairman Celler had blocked all efforts to report out articles of impeachment against Nixon despite mounting evidence of illegal behavior throughout 1973 and 1974.

An anonymous source within the Nixon White House admitted-"If not for Celler-Nixon would have left last summer. When Celler lost his primary-all hope of hanging on until 1977 was gone."


Reportedly Nixon wanted to wait until his removal was inevitable before leaving office.

"The President wanted to resign before the Senate had a chance to vote on any of the impeachment charges against him."
 
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