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...lose no time resuming their activities. Women can have normal pregnancies a year or two after surgery; youngsters can be back on the playing fields only a few months after leaving the hospital. Laurie Lacrosse, 17, of Grand Forks, N. Dak., was so determined to play in the North Dakota State Tennis Tournament that she entered six weeks after her operation. Playing in a body cast, she made it to the finals before losing to the state champion...
...Sundays he would some times play softball with the Kennedy clan in Georgetown. Teammates describe him as an adequate second baseman but a rather weak hitter. Occasionally he would date; his most frequent such companion in the 1950s was Helen Langer, niece of the late Senator from North Dakota...
...OTHER PEOPLE evidently felt otherwise, Fifty busloads of anti-somethings were dumped on Clemente Park from Chicago. New York, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Birmingham, Ala., Baltimore, St. Louis, and South Dakota. There were also fantastic groups with esoteric names and nifty leaflets...
...these groups-outside the South-tend to be pro-ERA. Of those states considered good prospects, Missouri should be the first to act, with a vote expected as soon as the legislature convenes in January. Other states likely to vote in the next six months: Illinois, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Oklahoma. According to a poll taken by the League of Women Voters, 52% of the legislators in nine states that have not ratified the amendment are pro-ERA, only 28% against...
...seven who voted against Rockefeller included three Republican conservatives (Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Jesse Helms of North Carolina and William L. Scott of Virginia) and four Democratic liberals (James Abourezk of South Dakota, Birch Bayh of Indiana, Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin). Their opposition centered chiefly on Rockefeller's wealth and his use of it. Goldwater had never really forgiven Rockefeller for failing to support him for President in 1964 but still endorsed the nomination originally. Explaining his change of mind, Goldwater said: "It is now apparent to me that Mr. Rockefeller did in effect...