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...almost a scene from a Nelson Rockefeller campaign. There were no knishes or hot dogs; the former New York Governor did not yell, "Hiya, fella!" But he was at his breezy best as he moved through the Senate committee room smiling broadly, shaking hands, slapping backs as if he did not have a care in the world, when in fact all that he had worked for in politics was at stake. His nomination for the vice presidency had been jeopardized by disclosures that he had given more than $2 million in loans and gifts to associates, most of them public...
...elect of Connecticut, is definitely at home with the boys. The first woman Governor in America whose husband did not precede her in the post, she was elected because of political skills that are universal and unisexual. Downplaying the feminist issue and opposing abortion, she was sometimes called "Ella fella." Scoring heavily throughout the state, she defeated her G.O.P. opponent, Congressman Robert Steele, 631,382 to 431,142. "In Connecticut," she explains, "I'm just an old shoe...
Some critics wonder if she can continue to be just plain Ella fella when she becomes Governor. But she has no misgivings. At a recent campaign appearance, a sartorially conscious Teamsters official asked: "If you are elected Governor, will you wear stockings?" Replied Ella: "I keep my campaign promises, but I never promised to wear stockings." She plans to change her political style no more than her casual dress. "It's important for me to continue to stop in cafes, to keep my curbside office that allows me to walk down the street and do business." In becoming...
String Southpaw. In public or private, Rockefeller has an exuberant lifestyle, as if great wealth has stimulated hyperbole of word and deed. He constantly says "terrific" and "great" when he really means "O.K." Everybody he greets becomes, momentarily at least, his friend. "Hiya fella!" he shouts, often because he does not remember the fella's name. He buys art the way he shakes hands: ebulliently, rather indiscriminately. Then he continually rearranges his paintings, shuffling them from home to home to suit his mood, sometimes putting up a new display just before the dinner guests arrive...
Last week the fella from Houston turned up in Washington, this time with an even bigger bundle in hand. Allbritton signed an agreement to pay $25 million for a 37% interest in Washington Star Communications Inc., owner of the Washington Star-News plus three television stations, three radio stations and a syndication service. If stockholders and the Federal Communications Commission approve the deal, Allbritton will become chairman of both Star Communications and the paper...