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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DUNSTER HOUSE LIBRARY. John Nicolson plays harpsichord works of Byrd and Bull. Free. Saturday, November...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Classical | 11/1/1973 | See Source »

...record of the 93rd Congress so far is the equal of most (although it has sided with the President on only 43% of the issues on which he has taken a stand, as compared with 66% last year). "There are only seven Senators on the Watergate committee," says Robert Byrd, Democratic Whip in the Senate. "The remaining 528 members of Congress have been busy in other committees, and I think the idea that they have been preoccupied with Watergate should be debunked." Republican Senator Charles Percy agrees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: No Apologies to Be Made | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

Senator Edward Gurney (R-Fla.), frequently regarded as a White House stalwart, joined Senator Robert D. Byrd (D-W.V.) and Gov. Daniel Evans (R-Wash.) in recommending that President Nixon appear before a news conference to publicly explain any possible White House involvement in the affair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mitchell to Testify Today Before Ervin Committee | 7/10/1973 | See Source »

Taking the maverick road is consistent with Howell's past. Like Godwin, Howell is a graduate of William and Mary College and the University of Virginia Law School. Unlike him, however, he has long been a party rebel. In the 1969 Democratic gubernatorial primary he forced Byrd-machine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIRGINIA: Disarray in the Old Dominion | 6/25/1973 | See Source »

Candidate William C. Battle into a run-off-the first ever for the Byrd machine -and so split the party that the general election was thrown to Republican Holton. When the Lieutenant Governor's office fell vacant in 1971, Howell ran as an Independent and defeated both major party candidates, polling 40% of the vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIRGINIA: Disarray in the Old Dominion | 6/25/1973 | See Source »

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