Word: byrds
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Despite staunch support from Senator Harry Byrd's Democratic machine in Virginia's gubernatorial election last month, Lieutenant Governor Mills Godwin won only after beating down a strong challenge by Republican Candidate A. Linwood Holton, who captured 38% of the votes-and proved that the state could no longer be considered a Byrd sanctuary. Last week brought even more impressive evidence of change in the Old Dominion. The occasion was a special election to fill the state senate seat vacated by Harry F. Byrd Jr., 51, whose appointment to the U.S. Senate last month in place...
...outcome was a landslide for G.O.P. Candidate J. Kenneth Robinson, 49, a World War II infantry major and-like old Harry Byrd-an apple grower. Robinson rolled over Byrd-backed County Attorney Joseph A. Massie Jr. by 10,293 votes to 4,949, a better than 2-to-l margin, capturing a seat in an area that has been Democratic for years. His victory, concluded Robinson, "will encourage other Republicans to run for office. So many good candidates have thought that they have to run as Democrats...
...Economic Committee has waged a long feud with the Federal Reserve, announced that he would hold an investigation this week "to find out who is in charge in this country, the Reserve Board or the President of the United States." Louisiana's Russell Long, who will succeed Harry Byrd as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee when Congress reconvenes next month, showed his innocence of economics by protesting: "Nothing could be more unpopular than a major increase in interest rates on the eve of Christmas, when the average man will be borrowing money to provide gifts...
...been in the U.S. Senate for 17 years, and seems assured of remaining there as long as he wants the job. As Democratic whip, he is Mike Mansfield's heir apparent to the Senate's majority leadership. In addition, with the resignation of Virginia Democrat Harry Byrd (TIME, Nov. 19), Long, the ranking Democrat on Byrd's powerful Senate Finance Committee, will automatically become committee chairman when Congress reconvenes in January. Seldom in Senate history has one man held two such pivotal posts, and there were hints last week that fellow Senators will try to relieve...
Boost for Long. Over the past two years, as the Virginian has become increasingly infirm, Louisiana's Russell Long has taken on much of the load of the Finance Committee while shepherding several Great Society bills through the Senate. As Byrd's successor, Long-who inherited Hubert Humphrey's job as Senate majority whip-will hold one of the Senate's most powerful positions. Though personally volatile and politically unpredictable, Long, 47, has a record of populist liberalism that will undoubtedly be more in harmony with the legislative goals of the Johnson Administration than was Byrd...