Word: electives
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...best direct such a strategy? In the House of Representatives, an impressive number of Republicans believe that Jerry Ford is the most likely man. And last week Ford was busy trying to organize a G.O.P. coalition of his own-one embracing liberals, moderates and conservatives in a drive to elect Ford as House minority leader, a post now held by Indiana's Charles Halleck...
...took some time to get the misunderstanding straightened out, and the affair ruffled the Vice President-elect's usual good humor. Humphed he: "No. 1, it was a rental. No. 2, he just lost a good customer. No. 3, I'll even quit renting from him if the man can't keep his mouth shut. I've rented from Sam Scogna five or eight years. So have my sons. So has my staff. I've sent him a lot of business over the years, and he's just lost...
...company that operates movie houses in 16 states, deals in real estate and concert talent, and packages candied fruit. Quipped Salinger, 39: "I may be the youngest living ex-Senator in history." Salinger also disclosed that California's Democratic Governor Pat Brown had promised to appoint Republican Senator-elect George Murphy, who beat Pierre in the Nov. 3 election, to fill Salinger's vacancy. That would give Murphy a lead in seniority over his first-term Senate colleagues...
...taxes by virtue of low appraisals of the market value of their properties. When these appraisals are figured at the official assessment rate of 42% , they mostly fall below $5,000, which is then forgiven under Florida's ancient "homestead exemption." Every attempt by worried parents to elect an assessor who would raise appraisals has met defeat. Turning from the polls to the courtroom, a band of determined Jacksonville citizens this week begins testifying in a suit that seeks to force the assessment of all property at fully 100% of market value...
...member of the Harvard Law School faculty and a Harvard research fellow have initiated a letter circulating among college faculty members in the Boston area to urge support for Mississippi's Freedom Democratic Party in its attempt to block the seating of five Congressmen-elect from Mississippi...