Word: cranes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...oldest Crane brother, Philip, 49, won election to Congress from Illinois on his first try, in 1969. Brother Daniel, 44, who also lives in Illinois, won on his second try, in 1978. Now Brother David, 43, a psychiatrist from Martinsville, Ind., is trying to win-on his third try. David Crane, a conservative Republican like his brothers, lost in 1976 by 19,000 votes to Democratic Congressman David Evans, 34, a former social studies teacher, and by 5,800 votes to Evans in 1978. Says the incumbent: "I don't know why he is running again. Maybe his family...
This year's message seems aimed more at Evans, and it is not good. His district, which includes part of Indianapolis, is expected to vote heavily for Ronald Reagan, which could give Crane a powerful boost. To prevent that from happening, Evans is ringing doorbells as doggedly as a Fuller Brush salesman. Says he: "Knocking on doors, touching hands with people and listening to them is the only way I can win." The Indianapolis Star has described his congressional voting record as "almost indistinguishable from a moderately conservative Republican." He voted for the Republican-proposed 30% tax cut, deregulation...
...genial, curly-haired Crane's strategy is to turn the campaign into a crusade to restore the traditional, small-town American values. Says he: "The direction that the national Government has taken is far different from the America in which I was brought up. We have to make a strong commitment to the concept of limited Government and individual responsibility...
...Evans for failing to vote to expel Michigan Democrat Charles Diggs from Congress last year, after Diggs was convicted of falsifying congressional payrolls, and then voting two weeks ago to expel Philadelphia Congressman Michael Myers, who was convicted of taking bribes in the FBI's Abscam investigation. Charges Crane: "Evans applied a double standard. Honesty in Government is perhaps the most important issue in this election...
...shift in CCA emphasis, including its outspoken support for rent control, caused the group to split and many members to become disenchanted. For example, Edward Crane's son, Councilor Kevin P. Crane '73, has never sought CCA endorsement, and ran instead as an Independent...