Word: fong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...city of more than 500,000, and Democrat Susie Sharp, 67, of North Carolina, the first woman chief justice of a state supreme court. For the first time, New York chose a woman, Democrat Mary Anne Krupsak, 42, as Lieutenant Governor, and Californians elected Democrat March Fong, 52, secretary of state...
Strong opposition to the proposal came from Senator Hiram Fong of Hawaii, who called the legislation "a raid on the U.S. Treasury." But Postmaster General Elmer T. Klassen, who has sternly opposed past attempts to moderate postal increases, quietly supported the McGee bill, sending associates to Capitol Hill to lobby for its passage. Observers think that Klassen's change of heart stemmed from his recognition of the growing burden on publications that use the mails...
Letters by Hawaii's congressional delegation urging federal intervention in the strikes were almost wholly ignored in Washington. Even efforts by pro-Nixon Senator Hiram L. Fong failed to relieve the problem; Hawaii had to wait for management and labor to reach settlement by themselves...
Also: Joshua M. Farber of Mather House and Brooklyn, N.Y.; Arthur B. Feinsod of Eliot House and Roslyn, N.Y.; Harry M. Flechtner of Winthrop House and Fostoria, Ohio; David I. Folkerts-Landau of Winthrop House and London, England; Bobby Fong of Adams House and Oakland, Calif.; Thomas L. Force of South House and Vandalia, III.; Richard D. Friedman of Winthrop House and Rockville Centre, N.Y. and, William F. Ganong III of Dunster House and Albany, Calif...
...lineup last week: For Gray?Republicans Marlow Cook, Hiram Fong, Edward Gurney, Roman Hruska, Hugh Scott, Strom Thurmond and Democrat James Eastland. Against Gray?Democrats Birch Bayh, Quentin Burdick, Robert Byrd, Sam Ervin, Philip Hart, Edward Kennedy and John Tunney. Undecided?Republican Charles Mathias and Democrat John McClelland...