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While at the University of Oklahoma, Harris married LaDonna Crawford, who is half Comanche, half Irish; she is now director of Americans for Indian Opportunity. The couple have three children. Harris earned his law degree from the university and briefly went into private practice. At 25, he was elected to the state senate, and in 1964, at 33, he ran for the U.S. Senate. Oklahoma Senator Robert S. Kerr had died suddenly, and Harris received the support of Kerr's powerful oil family. He narrowly defeated Republican Bud Wilkinson, the former Oklahoma University football coach. In 1966 Harris...
...endorsement, his firm support has held steady at about 30%, while Carmichael's has risen from 15% to 27%; the rest of the voters are said to be undecided. But even if he loses, Carmichael may well help Mississippi Republicans. By running strongly, says his press aide, Bill Crawford, "Carmichael will draw a lot of young people-and more attractive candidates-to the Mississippi Republicans...
...answers, or even questions about welfare. "Any center wants the truth," explains one case worker to a complaining rejected client. "They just don't hand out money." And the truth must come for the welfare applicant, in the form of notarized letters. A guy who looks like Broderick Crawford, only beaten, pulls forms out of several different pockets, "I can show you so much stuff...dis, dat...I can show you names, red numbers...somethin's awful funny here...doesn't meet...
...slow step, somewhat like a samba, only sexier, and an Afro-Latino style known as the Moving Hustle in Los Angeles and the Latin Hustle in New York. The steps are not easy to pick up, and dance studios report booming business. "It's an epidemic," says Cathleen Crawford, manager of Manhattan's Dale Dance Studio, where bookings have tripled in the past three months and the under-30s have appeared for the first time. In the past, Crawford adds, "people just called and said they wanted to learn to dance. Now they know what they want. Everybody...
...rescheduled, they would represent the barest glimmer of the nation's power needs. Over the next 15 years, according to some estimates, utilities ought to invest a staggering $750 billion in new plants. No one seems to have much idea how they can raise the money. W. Donham Crawford, president of the Edison Institute, notes that most utility stocks are still selling for less than book value, a situation that scarcely tempts investors...