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Donald W. Riegle Jr., 36. As an aggressive first-term Republican legislator from Flint, Mich., Riegle was named one of the nation's two best Congressmen by the Nation magazine in 1967 and quickly made known his presidential aspirations. Because of his liberal voting record, he and the G.O.P. soon soured on each other, a disenchantment he documented in a cathartic diary, O Congress. Last year he jumped to the Democratic Party ("I'm on the same wave length with Bella Abzug"). If he survives the turncoat stigma, as now appears likely, Riegle could be a contender...
...Three have laid off 85,000 workers, or 12% of their auto-plant labor force; Flint, Mich., a General Motors town, is reeling from a 20% unemployment rate. AMC has hired 2,300 new workers in the past year for its Kenosha, Wis., plants, where all its passenger cars are assembled, boosting employment there to 11,800 and cutting the jobless rate in the town to a mere...
...They used to go upstairs with a candle and that was the only light to get dressed or go to bed by. Drafts in the house were always blowing out the candles, and since there were no matches, it took about five minutes to get a spark by using flint and tinder. Some conservationists will only be satisfied if they can freeze to death in the dark, but sensible control is still very important...
...Crimson offense finally clicked at 14:35, as Charlie Flint, taking a pass from Lyman Bullard, bounced a drive off the leg of the Bruin goaltender into...
Harvard started quickly, with Charlie Flint collecting the first goal of the game at 2:09 of the first period. After spotting the Huron squad two goals in the next four minutes for a 2-1 lead the Crimson settled down into a tight-checking defensive game, holding Huron scoreless the rest of the way while scoring six unanswered goals of their...