Word: birching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they want Nixon to stay in office. Says Congressman Bauman: "Some of us feel that Senator Buckley said many of the things that we have had on our minds, although we may not agree that Nixon should resign." Adds California Congressman John Rousselot, a onetime member of the John Birch Society...
...Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, chaired by Sen. Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), heard testimony on two anti-abortion measures, one proposed by Sen. Jesse A. Helms (R-N.C.), which would ban all abortions, and the other by Sen. James L. Buckley (R-N.Y.), which would ban all abortions from the time of "implantation," five to seven days after conception...
Next, Mr. Thomson is not a John Birch Society supporter, nor is he the personal creation of myself...
...takes positions which would make Lester Maddox appear liberal. It is frequently contended that the Union Leader's political effect is only negative--that it can destroy a candidate but cannot elect one. This was, however, proven untrue in November of 1972, when Georgia-born Meldrim Thompson--a John Birch Society supporter and personal political creation of Loeb--was elected governor...
Senior Apostle. Eisenhower's former Secretary of Agriculture, who is now senior apostle and head of the council, has flustered many Mormons with his abrasive public utterances, some of them to John Birch Society audiences. His benediction at the funeral of President McKay was so heavy with right-wing political overtones as to embarrass even the conservative Mormon hierarchy. Now the divisive Benson is next in the wings, as amiable President Kimball begins his regime...