Word: congressmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...turning talkative. Federal investigators are expected to explore reports that she and other women working on jobs over which Hays held power took part in "orgies" at a hideaway in the Capitol-assigned to Speaker Carl Albert and known as "the Board of Education" -and in suburban apartments. Various Congressmen, staff members and Capitol Hill police reportedly attended...
Acknowledging that Carter is probably unstoppable, many Democratic leaders decided to back him. A full day of courting Democratic Congressmen and labor officials in Washington won him endorsements from 18 freshmen Representatives. Two days later, after telephone calls from Carter on three successive Sundays, Senator Thomas Eagleton and 33 other party leaders from Missouri pledged their allegiance, assuring Carter of ultimately getting at least 50 of the state's 71 delegates. Carter also won the support of Democratic leaders in Virginia, giving him 40 of the state's 54 delegates. Many other party veterans were on the verge...
Environmentalists have strong arguments for Congressmen to consider too. "We don't oppose clear-cutting per se," says Tom Barlow, coordinator of the Coalition to Save Our National Forests. Rather, the environmentalists are against clear-cutting 1,000 acres at a time, which destroys wildlife habitats, and clear-cutting on steep slopes, which causes rivers to silt up. The environmentalists merely want, says Barlow, "sensible, balanced forest management" -meaning long-term protection of the forests for recreation, wildlife and other uses as well as for continued lumbering...
...Rico's voters in the 1972 elections seemed to want liberation. As it also happens, Albizu had waged a lifelong terrorist campaign. He instigated the 1950 assassination attempt against Harry Truman and in 1954, after four of his followers sprayed gunfire around the House of Representatives, wounding five Congressmen, hailed the triggermen for "sublime heroism...
...Porte pariah when she told the American Legion there would be no military rites at the funeral. Although her husband shared her bitterness, he was too busy to share in all of her protest activities. She traveled to Washington to participate in antiwar demonstrations and confront Senators and Congressmen. She corresponded with other parents whose sons had been killed in Viet Nam. The Mullens also used Michael's Government insurance money to publish a full-page ad in the Des Moines Register. It consisted of 714 crosses representing Iowa's Viet Nam War dead. One of the results...