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...raising their fingers in the peace sign. Though they elected not to testify in their own behalf, the defendants' cause was stridently reiterated in the Easter week demonstrations in Harrisburg that attracted speakers ranging from Alger Hiss and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy to Daniel Ellsberg and Congresswoman Bella Abzug. "We have a feeling that we are celebrating something of a victory," said Sister Elizabeth. Eqbal Ahmad, a Pakistani scholar and the only non-Catholic defendant, announced to cheering supporters: "My plans are to get out of here as soon as I can and go into the streets to protest...
...going after any man," insisted New York's flamboyant Congresswoman Bella Abzug. "I have only one man I go after: Martin Abzug, my husband." After making that perfectly clear, Bella officially announced that she would go after her old friend William Fitts Ryan in the June 20 Democratic primary. The reason: the legislature had drawn up new boundaries and abolished Bella's Manhattan district, forcing her to choose between withdrawal and friendship. Said Ryan's office: "We're very surprised and disappointed. She's some friend...
...trouble spotting Bella Abzug, beaming belligerently from under her familiar hat. Or Gloria Steinem in her granny glasses and jeans. But who was that lady in fluttering chiffon who looked as if she might have walked in from another era? None other than Lenore Romney, wife of George Romney, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. She quickly made it clear that she was very much a part of the scene. She told the women in the audience to get hip to politics. She cracked an antisexist joke: "After God created Adam, he looked him over and said: 'I think...
Although she was unwilling to classify herself in the same league with Reps. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.) and Bella Abzug (D-N.Y.)--both of whom are very outspoken and somewhat flamboyant women--Holtzman did say she is as liberal as anyone in the House on peace and military appropriations, housing and education...
...preview peep at Washington under a woman President was provided by Manhattan Democratic Representative Bella Abzug at a conference of the National Organization for Women. "President Shirley Chisholm," she said, fantasizing freely, "is seriously concerned about the rising adult male delinquency rate, especially among retired Defense Department officials and Pentagon generals. The President is thinking about instituting some play-therapy groups, in which they could work out their aggressive feelings. Anti-machismo Secretary Gloria Steinem proposed that we convert the Pentagon into housing for the elderly and play centers." Later, Congresswoman Abzug reported in her dream of the future...