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Someone once said that no man should be ashamed of his poverty; he should get rid of it as fast as he can. Texas Governor William Clements did just that, transforming himself from an oilfield roughneck to the millionaire founder of Sedco Inc., one of the world's largest...
Democratic Challenger Mark White, 42, the state attorney general, responds that Clements' connections have done Texas precious little good. There are more than 500,000 Texans out of work, and White is determined to pin the blame on Clements and the Republican economic policies that the Governor supports. Billing...
Unfortunately for White, organization and cash often matter more than sensitivity in Texas politics, and Clements has the edge on both. The incumbent has raised nearly $10 million ($3.5 million came from a fund-raising dinner last June attended by President Reagan), and will probably outspend White by more than...
White's best hope is getting out a large vote in the heavily Democratic state. Both candidates have fervently courted the Mexican Americans of south Texas, who usually vote Democratic, but even there Clements has some advantages. He may be seen as the candidate of "the Anglos and the...
A memorial Mass will be said October 22 at 7:30 p.m. in St. Clements Church, West Somerville, for Michael F. Cullinane '81, who died in an apparent accident while hiking last month in San Francisco.