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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...taken, Connally stands today as one of the most powerful and respected names in the Republican politics. Polls of Republican delegates before the nomination convention showed him to be their favorite for Vice-President by a long shot. And Nixon is said to have wanted him to fill Agnew's place after the latter resigned...

Author: By Roger M. Klein, | Title: Big John | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

...proposed regulations, which would prohibit prisoners from calling witnesses in their behalf, are an effort to "fill in the gaps where the old rules were silent," Lee Bromberg, general counsel for the Department of Corrections and co-author of the new regulations, said yesterday...

Author: By Peter R. Melnick, | Title: Law Students Fight Change In Prison Law | 3/8/1977 | See Source »

Normal amenities are being curtailed by the drought. For three months, many farmers have trucked to town-which still has water in its deep well-to fill pails of water at the firehouse, use the toilets and take a bath. Townspeople have been inviting their country friends to share the water. Says Greg McCombs, editor of the local weekly newspaper: "I have no water, so I use a friend's bathroom in town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Tiny Town Near Collapse | 3/7/1977 | See Source »

...with a hanger-on from the age of Aquarius. As a mere thematic gimmick, however, it's not too much less than half bad, and risks making you wish that directors would cut out these nostalgic and unimaginative throw-backs to the classics. But extra dimensions fast begin to fill out thanks to Benton's cleverly constructed script and his skillful direction. Bit by bit, he manages to do about as fine a job of taking the pre-War detective format and creatively putting it in the 1970s as Robert Altman did in The Long Goodbye...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Dyspepsia and Dark Alleys | 3/5/1977 | See Source »

Four secured facilities for juveniles now exist in Massachusetts: at Roslindale, Chelmsford, Worcester, and Westfield. When they fill, surplus juvenile delinquents must either be diverted into community-based programs or into an adult penitentiary, depending on the seriousness of their crime...

Author: By Mary G. Gotschall, | Title: Substituting minibikes for hot cars | 3/3/1977 | See Source »

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