Word: delmarva
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...million payroll in Delaware is bigger than the state budget. The family controls two of the state's four largest banks. Irenée Jr., for example, is president of the family-controlled Christiana Securities holding company, a director of the Wilmington Trust Co., the News-Journal Co., Delmarva Power & Light and chairman of the Greater Wilmington Development Council. The state's sole U.S. Representative is Pierre S. du Pont IV, a freshman Republican. Governor Russell Peterson is a former Du Pont executive. Together, Du Pont family, employees and associates make up 25% of the state legislature...