Word: byrds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (Lecture Hall). The Camerata presents An Elizabethan Evening. Music of Weelkes, Wilby, Dowland, and Byrd...
...gambit: a proposal to delay any decision on the nomination until the Senate completes its Watergate investigation, which might take a year or more and would have given Gray time to resign quietly in the interim. Gray's most powerful opponent on the committee, West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, headed Hruska off with parliamentary maneuvering. When it finally became obvious that Gray's confirmation would never get out of committee, the closed-door session was brought to an end, and Gray telephoned Nixon in San Clemente, Calif., asking him to withdraw his name from consideration...
...Senator Byrd introduced a bill last week that would make the bureau an independent agency, not answerable to the Attorney General, whose director would serve seven years. Washington Senator Henry Jackson introduced a measure that would extend the term to 15 years but require that any candidate have "extensive professional experience" in law enforcement, including ten years...
...lineup last week: For Gray?Republicans Marlow Cook, Hiram Fong, Edward Gurney, Roman Hruska, Hugh Scott, Strom Thurmond and Democrat James Eastland. Against Gray?Democrats Birch Bayh, Quentin Burdick, Robert Byrd, Sam Ervin, Philip Hart, Edward Kennedy and John Tunney. Undecided?Republican Charles Mathias and Democrat John McClelland...
...defensemen and the starting goalie are graduating. Captain Kevin Hampe, who has played steady hockey all season, along with Bob Muse and Doug Elliott move on, as does Joey Bertagna. Mark Noonan is the only one remaining of four regulars. Also returning on defense are Dave Hands and Levy Byrd. They saw action while Elliott was out with an ankle injury during the middle of the season, but that's about the only experience they...