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...have things definitely worked out by mid-February so we can finalize booking the band." Urfirer said yesterday. He has consulted such companies as Pepsi Cola, Coca Cola, Cott Beverages, Canada Dry, Tech Hi-Fi, McDonalds's and E.F. Hutton. Urfirer said he hopes to find a single backer for the concert, but may resort to multiple underwriters to divide the expenses...
Russell is also a backer of vacancy decontrol. "We need some rent control to protect the elderly and to minimize tension between landlords and tenants," he added...
...Salisbury's principal backer, South Africa, be counted on to support a weakening of its ally's military might...
Carter and his supporters were more cautious, though they began to smell success toward the end. At his press conference, the President described the upcoming vote as "significant," and a Carter backer predicted that he would win 65% of the vote. But one staffer admitted: "We'll be happy with a victory...
...already assigned by party executive committees, Carterites claim they have all but ten. Said Carter volunteer Chip Ford of Miami of the caucus results: "Who is to say who has won? The true meaning of it all, who knows?" On the other hand, observed Lawyer Bill McCarthy, a Kennedy backer in Miami: "Since everyone is looking, what we are doing is important...