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...said yesterday that he is "still trying to put together the committee" and would neither confirm nor deny that he has chosen Turner to head the ACSR...
...Tieburg's testimony: in 1965, when the first strike was called, the California Department of Employment would only accept one or two affidavits from farm workers who were out on strike to confirm that a strike existed. At that time 32 ranches were on strike with well over 5,000 workers walking off the job in support of the Union. According to Jerome Cohen, general counsel for the Union, Tieburg's testimony was based on his own "information and belief." For in fact, there could not have been more than 64 affidavits on his desk in Sacramento...
Harsh Rebuke. Ignoring pressure from President Ford, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee failed to confirm Peter Flanigan, onetime troubleshooter for ex-President Nixon, as Ambassador to Spain. The inaction probably kills the nomination. Flanigan had been involved in selecting Nixon's ambassadors, including Ruth Farkas, who became envoy to Luxembourg after donating $300,000 to Nixon's campaign...
Rumor has it and common sense would tend to confirm that the new Bach Society will be better than the last. The talented new conductor, Hugh Wolff, promises a real symphonic sound in concerts spanning the spectrum of music history. This Saturday the Bach Society presents Harvard's first orchestral concert, featuring Richard Kogan, winner of last year's HRO concerto competition, in Beethoven's 4th. Concert-goers, take heed of this auspicious occasion. Karen Hsiao...
...presidential campaign in 1968, argues that "politicians have overextended themselves physically and emotionally to the point where their judgment is impaired." Rather than lead the errant husband back to reality, the family tends to become overprotective for fear of letting him down. Through the best of intentions, they thus confirm him in his illusions. Barbara ("Bootsie") Mandel, whose husband of 32 years, the Democratic Governor of Maryland, deserted her last year in order to marry a younger woman, concurs. "A man like Marvin Mandel, he starts to believe what his staff tells him, and they only tell him what...