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...Democrat Jerry Brown. Democratic favorites fell like bowling pins. Henry Jackson, the early front runner, did not even survive the first half of the primary season, and even Carter got a scare at the end. Liberals fared worst of all: the Democrats rejected Fred Harris, Mo Udall, Birch Bayh, Sargent Shriver and Milton Shapp...
Proposed as an anticancer drug by San Francisco Biochemist Ernst Krebs Jr. in 1952, Laetrile* has attracted an avid, almost evangelical band of followers. Among them are members of the right-wing John Birch Society who regard the Food and Drug Administration's ban on Laetrile as a restraint on individual freedom. Krebs argued that Laetrile kills only cancerous cells-not normal tissue-because they do not contain an enzyme that detoxifies the poison cyanide released from Laetrile's central ingredient, a chemical called amygdalin. Yet in repeated tests, Laetrile has shown no effect on tumors. Says...
Despite their attractiveness, Sens. Walter Mondale and Birch Bayh just don't hold strong hands in the delegate numbers game--the latter spent $1 million for one Massachusetts delegate. Another often-mentioned vice-presidential possibility, Sen. John Glenn, of Ohio and Outer Space, is a political neophyte--something the Carter campaign abounds in--and unless the delegate situation is really desperate, constant primary bickering between Carter and Mo Udall would preclude the choice of the Arizona Congressman. And a Carter-Jerry Brown would be unbalanced in ideology and constituency which would mean sitting this one out for many Democrats...
...quickly generated Senate support. The new committee will be composed of eight Democrats and seven Republicans. Members would be limited to eight-year terms to prevent the growth of cozy relationships between the watchers and the watched. Among those legislators picked at week's end were Democratic liberals Birch Bayh, Adlai Stevenson, Gary Hart and Joseph Biden, and Republicans Clifford Case, Howard Baker, Mark Hatfield, Strom Thurmond and Goldwater. Though Church might be a natural candidate for chairmanship of the new committee, he ruled himself out. The expected choice is Democrat Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, a tough skeptic...
...Senator Birch Bayh was the only former candidate to become a twice-born Carter zealot last week and helped the Georgian roll up a 68% victory in Indiana. Some politicians viewed Bayh's move as his bid to become Carter's running mate. The Georgian was also endorsed by Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe and Henry Ford II. On the other hand, Carter's lukewarm backing of McGovern four years ago still rankles. Said McGovern: "I will support Jimmy Carter with the same enthusiasm with which he supported the Democratic ticket...