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...next 12 years the College endured great financial hardship. It did secure a few large donations, most notably John Harvard's, but it also depended on the help of the legislature, which granted Harvard the revenues of the Boston-to-Charleston ferry and a special tax called the College Corne--each New England family was required to donate a peck of wheat for the College's support...
Senator Dale Bumpers, 58, of Arkansas has lots of natural pizazz and down-home charm. A Marine sergeant in World War II, he practiced law and ran a hardware store in Charleston, Ark. (pop. 1,748), before he decided to try for political office. In 1970 he won the governorship. After a second term, he was elected to the Senate. "Dale is a cross between John F. Kennedy and a Methodist minister," ventures Little Rock Attorney Robert Brown, a former Bumpers aide. "He really turns on a crowd...
...battle is most intense in Charleston, W. Va. On July 15, Charleston will become the first U.S. city to be technically capable of offering all phone users a choice of long-distance carriers. In August, Alameda, Calif., will become the second city to offer the option. Up to now, only people with Touch-Tone or modified dial phones could use a long-distance company other than A T & T, a technical limitation that excluded the 40% with old-style rotary dials...
...next 12 years the College endured great financial hardship. It did secure a few large donations, most notably John Harvard's, but it also depended on the help of the legislature, which granted Harvard the revenues of the Boston-to-Charleston ferry and a special tax called the College Corne--Each New England family was required to donate a peck of wheat for the College's support...
...that the only argument the Soviets respected was force. He faced even more obdurate Communists in Korea, where he became Far East commander in 1952 and had to negotiate "an armistice without victory." He retired in 1953 and until 1965 commanded the Citadel, the historic private military college in Charleston, S.C., where he was buried...