Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expenses that he either did not incur or that were not reimbursable. Other accusations are that he did not pay federal taxes on gifts to his former wife Betty; that he did not report gifts by constituents, as is required by law; that he filed false reports of campaign contributions and expenditures with the Senate; and that he improperly converted campaign contributions to his personal use. The Justice Department is awaiting the outcome of the hearings before deciding whether to take any action against Talmadge, who may also find his tax returns scrutinized by the Internal Revenue Service...
Most of the charges stem from Talmadge's messy 1977 divorce from Betty, who forced disclosure of the Senator's financial records. Since then, Daniel Minchew, a former Talmadge aide, has told Ethics Committee investigators that he deposited $26,000 in unreported campaign gifts and almost $13,000 in excessive Senate expense reimbursements in an account kept in the Senator's name at the Riggs National Bank in Washington...
...Labor Party headquarters a few blocks away, "Sunny Jim" Callaghan, 67, spoke of his defeat with the same reserve and gentle dignity that marked his campaign. He publicly congratulated his successor as Prime Minister. "It is a great office," he said, "a wonderful privilege, and for a woman to occupy that office is, I think, a tremendous moment in the country's history. Therefore, everybody must on behalf of all our people wish her well and wish her success...
Throughout the four-week campaign, which was brought about when Callaghan's government narrowly lost a vote of confidence in March, both major parties emphasized that Britain faced a clear choice. Callaghan offered a continuation of the moderate social democratic policies that have dominated British political and economic life since the end of World War II. Thatcher presented a clear break with the socialist past, advocating a return to the market economy and a retrenching of Britain's welfare state. As some commentators saw it, Labor, in a reversal of traditional roles, had become the party of established orthodoxy, while...
...Tories entered the campaign with a lead of up to 21% in early polling. That was largely a result of public anger and frustration over a bitter winter of strikes and industrial strife that severely undermined Labor's claim to be the only party that could deal successfully with Britain's powerful trade unions. As the campaign continued, the Tory lead steadily dwindled; two days before the election one poll even showed a slight Labor edge. There seemed little doubt about the reason for the decline: the personality of Margaret Thatcher. To avoid a major gaffe by their outspoken leader...