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...Owned previously by the brother of John Birch Society Founder Robert Welch, who was himself advertising director of the candy company until...
...what neither Republicans nor Democrats had reckoned on was the energetic ire of an ultraconservative, Birch-barking farmer from tiny Gilby (pop. 300), Republican John W. Scott. For Scott's money Andrews was entirely too liberal, and two weeks before the election Scott suddenly jumped into the race as an independent "to test conservative strength...
...ordeal undeniably produced a leader of courage and principle who believes, in Home's own words, that the government should never be content just to do "what people will stand for," but instead should unflinchingly "tell them what they ought to stand for." Says Tory Backbencher Nigel Birch: "His clarity and integrity shine out, and that's what you require in a leader. With his dignity and restraint, Home will show up Harold Wilson for a cheap crackerjack...
Other officers elected at the meeting were: Wolcott B. Dunham '65, vice-president; James D. Birch '64, treasurer; Thomas P. Storer '65 and Ronald M. Wysgn '64, members of the administrative board. WHRB also voted to continue Dunham as station manager and re-elected Patricia A. Sloan...
...rugged, remote northwest corner of Montana, the Yaak River Valley is a picture postcard of some yesteryear. Moose muse among the willows. Elk graze on the slopes. White-tailed deer browse in the bottom land. Deep among the whispering pine and the hemlock, among the silver aspen and birch, the bears dig into windfalls for grubs. Rainbow trout, cutthroat and whitefish tumble in Beetle and Winkum Creeks...