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ANOTHER FACTOR in the senator's favor is that Connecticut will be a much tougher state than Idaho or South Dakota for Dolan to conquer with his hard-sell campaign. Dolan succeeds by recruiting the support of individual special interest groups--groups much more difficult to pinpoint among Connecticut's dense, and traditionally moderate population. "Is this the same Terry Dolan who was so interested in the election of Jim Buckley to the U.S. Senate in my state?" Weicker asks. Despite hundred of thousands of NCPAC dollars, Buckley, a former senator from New York, lost to Democrat Christopher Dodd...
...come a long way since 1967. Armed with the most sophisticated mass-mailing system in the country--courtesy of New Right mastermind Richard Vigueric--Dolan helped unseat several of the Senate's most powerful old-guard Democrats last year. Among the "targets" who fell were George McGovern of South Dakota, Birch Bayh of Indiana, and Frank Church of Idaho. Now, Dolan plans to expand his attack--launching his leaflets at several members of the GOP up for re-election in 1982, including Sens. John Chafee (R-R.I.), Robert Stafford (R-Vt.), and Weicker, whom he will stalk with...
...cover," thus damaging crops planted this winter. "This is about as dry as I can remember," observes Eldon Merklin, an Oklahoma farmer who planted 1,200 acres of wheat last month. "I had to plant some of it twice after it died because of lack of moisture." Adds South Dakota Agriculture Secretary Rodger Pearson, who reckons that his state's farmers lost $600 million worth of crops in the summer drought: "If we do not receive some moisture in the spring, we're gonna be in a world Of trouble...
...Columbus. Holders of American Express Gold Cards will soon be able to insert the cards into automatic teller machines around the U.S. and withdraw cash from their home bank accounts. New York's Citibank plans to move its 5.8 million-customer credit card operation to South Dakota to take advantage of higher interest rates permitted there. San Francisco's Bank of America has opened branches in Seattle, Dallas, Minneapolis and Cleveland to finance export business for corporations in those cities. These branches could easily increase their services if interstate banking is permitted. Bank of America's outgoing...
...collapsed, with the price of corn falling by 10% within three days of trading, the price of soybeans by 8% and that of wheat by 9%. Many farmers suffered a second disaster when a searing summer heat wave and drought scorched crops and pasture lands from Texas to North Dakota. The temperature in Dallas was over 100° for 53 days in July and August. Reagan Brown, Texas state agriculture commissioner, said glumly in midsummer: "We're hurtin' real bad in Texas." The drought has driven up the price of everything from peanuts to chickens...