Word: abscam
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...First Congressional, the dead man was the late Rep. William Barrett (D-Pa.), re-elected in 1976 several weeks after his death, and Ozzie Myers is former Rep. Michael J. Myers (D-Pa.), ejected from Congress after his conviction for accepting bribes from bogus Arab businessmen in the first Abscam trial...
...independent, lawyer Foglietta has switched his registration to Democratic and apparently successfully outflanked Republican candidate Robert Burke. Robert Barnett, campaign manager for Foglietta, says that his candidate's 20 years as a city councilman, coupled with surveys showing that 70 per cent of the electorate identifies Myers with Abscam, should overcome voter tendency to pick the straight Democratic ticket. "We're counting on them to exhibit one more level of sophistication," he says, citing polls that give Foglietta 47 per cent of the vote and Myers 19 per cent...
...adds up to an uncompromising future for the man who claimed he had Philadelphia's underworld under his thumb. Myers' chances of taking this election, according to the Inquirer's political reporter, stand at "a million to one"--a slightly higher figure than Abscam dangled in dollar signs before Myers' eyes...
...Abscam scandal threatens to remove a few incumbents from heretofore safe seats. Democrat Michael ("Ozzie") Myers of Philadelphia, who was expelled from the House after his Abscam bribery conviction, is expected to lose to Tom Foglietta, a former G.O.P. city councilman who is running as an independent. South Carolina Congressman John Jenrette, also convicted in Abscam, is depending on his popularity among rural blacks to win his tight race against Republican Lawyer John Napier...
...decision indicated that tapes shown in the Abscam trials of five other Congressmen, including Florida Republican Richard Kelly, whose trial is to begin this week, could be released for broadcast as soon as they are introduced as evidence. Kelly was defeated for nomination to a fourth term, but Myers is campaigning for reelection. One thing is certain: His opponent will not be demanding equal time...