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...Nancy Barrow, staff assistant to Sen. John H. Chaffee (R-R.I.), said yesterday Congress would probably amend the bill before the grace period expires, if the Labor Department study predicts harmful effects...
...suspicion of unfamiliar customs and a tendency to blame problems on newcomers. Many Bradfordians complain that destitute immigrants are given cash payments by the government when they disembark at Heathrow Airport, while white pensioners must scrimp along on inadequate retirement pay. Describing herself as opposing immigration, Shopkeeper Patricia Barrow is convinced that the Pakistanis inhumanely slaughter sheep and chickens according to Islamic ritual; she also fears that "colored boys will be hanging around white girls...
...more important, qualifications-liberal or otherwise. A born-again Baptist, Yarbrough attributes his victory to God's will. Says he: "I can't take credit for it. I lay it all before the feet of Jesus Christ." His opponent, San Antonio Civil Appeals Chief Judge Charles Barrow, has a more mundane explanation: "It's just that name. Why, even the wife of one of my county campaign managers voted for him, thinking he was one of the other Yarboroughs...
...Barrow campaigned extensively on his record of 17 years on the bench and was a 10-to-l favorite in a poll of Texas Bar Association members. Yarbrough spent $350 on his campaign, made one speech and beat Barrow with 60% of the vote. Since he is unopposed in the November general election, Yarbrough confidently plans to take his seat on the state supreme court next January...
...Park, where they learn that 100 hardy souls are threatening this season to assault the 20,320-ft. McKinley. The travelers are not so inclimbed, preferring instead to discover their atavistic selves by hiking for a day into the bush, or flying across the icy, prehistoric wilderness to northernmost Barrow. Soon, they will pick up their camper at Fairbanks and take the long road back across the country...