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...City, and she went on to star in the movie version of Sam, as well as two subsequent Allen films, Sleeper and Love and Death. Aside from the mutual jitters, it was a case of opposites attracting: he was a stereotypical New Yorker and she was a model Southern Californian. "When I first met her," Allen remembers, "she was a real hayseed, the kind who would chew eight sticks of gum at a time. I talked to her on the phone once when she was in California, and she was about to drive to the supermarket-which was across...
...Wright beat out Boiling on the second ballot, Burton would win the runoff -since Boiling's supporters would not throw their ballots to the conservative Texan. If Burton and Boiling were the survivors, Boiling would win, since Wright's backers would not vote for the liberal Californian. There were rumors that on the second ballot some of Burton's supporters threw their votes to Wright to guarantee that Boiling would be squeezed out. Burton admits that a number of his cronies had suggested such a ploy but insists that he vetoed it. "I told them, 'Straight...
PHILLIP BURTON, 50, a prickly, hyperaggressive liberal Californian who began his race for leader more than a year ago and is generally considered the front runner with an estimated 100 votes pledged to him. Burton played a key role in early 1975 in thwarting a move to oust Wayne Hays from his chairmanship of the House Administration Committee. When Hays was forced to resign after the disclosure that he kept bosomy Elizabeth Ray on the Government payroll. Burton lost some support. Though Burton insists, "Tip and I will work very well together," the two men are often at odds; twice...
JOHN McFALL, 58, of California, a respected but quiet legislator who for four years has been the majority whip, a post that would normally put him in line for the leader's job. Though O'Neill probably favors McFall, an easy man to get along with, the Californian's prospects have been seriously damaged by news that he received $4,000 from Tongsun Park, a South Korean businessman...
Reagan's most active opponent so far is conservative John Connally, who makes no secret of his disdain for the Californian. Connally regards Reagan as too old to run for President again and believes he is selfishly seeking publicity only to promote the newspaper columns, radio commentaries and speaking engagements that earn him more than $350,000 a year. Connally turned down Ford's offer to become party chairman after the Republican National Convention. But he would take the job-if he were allowed to continue his lucrative Houston law practice. Meanwhile Big John has other plans...