Word: edmunds
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...California is known for its improbable political successes. A famous name has not hurt the current front runners in the fight to take over Hayakawa's seat-Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. (son of the former California Governor) and Representative Barry Goldwater Jr. (son of the current Arizona Senator). At the moment, possible Senate candidates also include moderate Congressman Pete McCloskey, conservative Congressmen Robert Dornan and John Rousselot, and San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson. Mervin Field's California Poll last week gave Maureen Reagan only 7% of the vote...
Dealers are already queuing up to sell the new boats, the first of which will be ready some time in the fall. Says Edmund Laviano, president of Bellpat Marine of East Patchogue, N.Y.: "The Hobie 33 looks as if it's doing 30 knots just sitting at the dock. I want one the minute the boat is available." The tinkerer from Southern California, who shepherded Americans onto surfboards in the 1960s and onto Hobie Cats in the 1970s, now hopes to lead them onto deepwater sailing ships in the 1980s...
...Halperin, who, as an aide to National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, was suspected of leaking information about the secret bombing of Cambodia. The tap on Halperin's home phone lasted 21 months, long after he had left the Government and joined the campaign staff of Democratic Presidential Candidate Edmund Muskie. No evidence was produced that Halperin had leaked classified information, and his lawyers charged that the eavesdropping was for political rather than security purposes. Nixon's lawyers claimed that a President should be immune from suits arising from his official acts, so as not to hamper the conduct...
...French are a hard-working society, very productive and prosperous, and they are going to remain that way, no matter who's in charge and no matter what institutions are imposed," says Edmund Stillman, director of Paris' Hudson Institute. "I'm not saying this is going to be roses from now on. But everything considered, the Socialists here look pretty pragmatic...
...Edmund Lynch was the first of Merrill's many partners, who over the years included Edward Pierce, Anthony Cassatt, Charles Fenner, Alpheus Beane and Winthrop Smith. Cassatt's name was dropped from the firm's name in 1941, and Smith replaced Beane...