Word: arizona
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Anyone who can be compared to both Abraham Lincoln and Will Rogers may be considered a serious candidate for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. Congressman Morris ("Mo") Udall, 53, a lanky, breezy Westerner, is not reluctant to press the comparisons. As a relatively obscure Representative from Arizona, he knows that his chief asset is going to be the impression he makes. With considerable candor, a skill at raillery and a gift for not taking himself too seriously, he makes friends fast-if not ardent converts to his presidential quest...
...fears may be exaggerated. At least three states -New York, New Jersey and Arizona- have had similar laws on the books for half a century without such sinister effect. As San Francisco Supervisor Alfred J. Nelder put it, "Kids are human beings and have rights...
...churches. For example, the Lutheran voluntary agency asked 110 of its congregations in California to take on at least one Vietnamese family; so far, 90 have agreed to do so. Elsewhere, the drives have not gone as well. Says Richard D. Stahlke, head of the Lutheran refugee program in Arizona: "We've all been hearing the same objections from potential sponsors-the economic situation and the fear of overtaxing congregations...
Died. Eugene C. Pulliam, 86, conservative publisher of the Arizona Republic, the Indianapolis Star and several other newspapers; of a stroke; in Phoenix. Once a hustling young reporter for the Kansas City Star, at 23 he became editor and publisher of the Atchison Champion in Kansas and began building an empire that at one time or another included 46 papers...
...million in matching money from the federal Treasury, the candidate must raise at least $5,000 in each of 20 states in amounts no larger than $250. "There just aren't that many people out there who have $250 they want to give away," says Arizona Congressman Morris Udall, an announced Democratic candidate. "You have to find them-and that's a trick...