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They have been bitter political and personal enemies for years. In 1974, during a dispute over the results of Democrat John Durkin's first Senate race in New Hampshire, Republican Attorney General Warren Rudman, as a member of the state Ballot Commission, ruled against him. Durkin won the subsequent rematch handily. Then President Ford in 1976 tried to name Rudman chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Senate never took up the nomination; despite denials from Durkin, who was a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, New Hampshire Republicans are convinced that he blackballed the appointee. Now Durkin...
Kennedy was accompanied by some notable Democratic officeholders: Maine Governor Joseph Brennan, New Hampshire Senator John Durkin, Massachusetts Lieut. Governor Thomas P. O'Neill III, and the biggest catch of all, Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne. Still smarting from heavy-handed pressure to endorse the President, Byrne railed at Carter in a way that made Kennedy's gibes seem mild by comparison. "Statements and threats have been delivered by Carter and his people," she charged. "I do not want to support a candidate because of blackmail and intimidation." Asked if she would meet Carter when he goes to Chicago...
Kennedy has co-sponsored a bill with Sen. John Durkin (D-N.H.) emphasizing conservation rather than synthetic fuels, which has been stressed in President Carter's plan...
...Kennedy-Durkin Proposal is "taking the (Energy Project's) recommendations and putting them into effect," Kenneth Hughes, a staff aide on Kennedy's Joint Economic Subcommittee on Energy, said yesterday...
That could please a lot of people. Says New Hampshire Senator John Durkin: "The performance of DOE has been, at best, abysmal. It calmly presides over shortages, massive increases in profits, and a messed up allocation system...