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...moving G.O.P. Senator Mark O. Hatfield to comment that he had learned a lot about "the Rockefeller person." The revelations were apparently to Rocky's advantage. At the end of his first day of testimony, even his most persistent critic on the committee, West Virginia Senator Robert C. Byrd, said he would probably vote for confirmation "with some reservations...
Defense is the potential Achilles heel for Harvard, as former captain Mark Noonan and All-Ivy Levy Byrd have graduated. Starters Steve Janicek and Eddie Rossi will anchor the defense, with Larry Piatelli and Todd Nieland having the edge for other two spots...
...Robert Byrd, the Senator who had given Rockefeller the toughest interrogation during the initial Rules Committee hearing, said that he would vote for Rockefeller's confirmation despite the adverse information that had come out. The Washington Post ran that story on Page One. The Times gave it two inches on page...
West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, when asked about the financing of the Goldberg book, said it was "reminiscent of the dirty tricks of the Nixon era." Rocky contends unconvincingly that he had known nothing about his brother's investment in the book until FBI agents raised questions about it during their confirmation investigation. Disingenuously, he adds that it was purely a money-making venture and that Brother Laurance lost about $52,-000 in the ill-conceived project. Actually, copies of the book never received general distribution, and even the author claimed that the book was used only...
...Ever since I was young I wanted to fly north," he said. "I can remember vividly long walks with Admiral Byrd, him telling stories about his adventures, about flying, about the Arctic...