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...January, when Volpe announced for the Republican nomination, he focused his attack on Governor Peabody. It was then an issueless campaign, centered on the unconvincing slogan of "Bring Back Volpe," for the ex-Governor privately admires Peabody for his plans for constitutional reform. The rise of Francis Bellotti, however, has handed Volpe concrete issues, as evidenced by the new Republican campaign posters: "Volpe--A Man You Can Trust...
...each campaign stop the GOP "Volpe--An Experienced Governor." candidate hammers away at the two "gut" issues of experience and clean government. Bellotti's first office is his present one, the Lieutenant-Governorship, while Volpe has served as Commissioner of Public Works "scandal-free years," he says), Federal Highway Administrator, and of course, Governor. He also boasts years of administrative experience as president of the large building firm he founded, the John A. Volpe Construction Company...
...honesty issue. He established the Crime Commission which started the indictment ball rolling. Only one of his appointees as Governor, Warren Giles, was ever indicted, and his name was forced upon Volpe by a balky Governor's Council. The ex-Governor contrasts this record with what he terms "Bellotti's shady dealings." In this way he hopes to exploit the widespread conviction among independent voters that Bellotti's defeat of Peabody represented a victory for the forces of corruption within the Democratic Party...
...addition to the national race, the poll will ask students to choose between Francis X. Bellotti and John A. Volpe, the Democratic and Republican candidates for Governor; between Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Howard Whitmore Jr., the candidates for U.S. Senator; and between Robert F. Kennedy and Senator Kenneth B. Keating, the candidates for U.S. Senator from New York...
Chances fell, however, when Governor Peabody, who had declared himself ready to help the Kennedys in any way possible, lost last month's Democratic primary to Lt. Gov. Francis X. Bellotti...