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Augstein is a vigorous backer of the Free Democratic Party, the small group that shares power in an uneasy coalition with Adenauer's Christian Democrats. Had Stammberger known in advance of the planned arrests, he might well have blocked the scheme. Afterward. Stammberger became so angry that he threatened to quit and take his four F.D.P. colleagues with him out of the coalition Cabinet. But in the end Adenauer salved his hurt feelings by firing a couple of the second-level ministerial officials involved in the arrests. They were obviously political scapegoats. The compromise hardly satisfied Der Spiegel...
Until recently, Elliott's operations were confined almost exclusively to Britain. But Bagrit, an enthusiastic backer of British entry into the Common Market, is now turning his attention to Europe, secured a beachhead on the Continent last year by establishing Elliott-Automation Continental in Luxembourg. "The next few years," he says, "will see industrial competition between nations on a frightening scale...
...Philip G. ("Buzz") Kuehn, 42, a Milwaukee cold-storage businessman, a former G.O.P. state chairman and a longtime backer of Senator Joe McCarthy. During this year's campaign, Kuehn said he would be proud to be called "Barry Goldwater Junior." Back in July, Dr. Theodore L. Taylor, 32, a Madison dentist and head of the local Birch chapter, gave his personal endorsement to Kuehn. Kuehn seemed pleased: "I will accept the support of any Wisconsin voter who thinks I am the best qualified candidate for Governor...
...Kennedy flew into Pueblo, Colo., for a speech about a $170 million project to divert water from the Fryingpan and Roaring Fork rivers on the western slopes of the Rockies into the Arkansas River valley on the east, was Colorado's Democratic Senator John Carroll. A loyal Kennedy backer in Congress, Carroll faces a stiff re-election challenge this year from Republican Representative Peter Dominick. It was Carroll who introduced Kennedy to some 8,000 cheering spectators in the Pueblo High School Stadium...
Orange State, a new school in the California state college system, is scheduled to grow to more than 25,000 students within 15 years. Right now the school has large tracts of unimproved land which, according to Backer," make ideal elephant pastures...