Word: gaylord
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seven who voted against Rockefeller included three Republican conservatives (Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Jesse Helms of North Carolina and William L. Scott of Virginia) and four Democratic liberals (James Abourezk of South Dakota, Birch Bayh of Indiana, Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin). Their opposition centered chiefly on Rockefeller's wealth and his use of it. Goldwater had never really forgiven Rockefeller for failing to support him for President in 1964 but still endorsed the nomination originally. Explaining his change of mind, Goldwater said: "It is now apparent to me that Mr. Rockefeller did in effect...
...Carolina's Ernest Boilings 71%. Other re-elected Democrats were George McGovern of South Dakota Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut, Alan Cranston of California, Thomas Eagleton of Missouri Birch Bayh of Indiana, Frank Church of Idaho, Warren Magnuson of Washington, Mike Gravel of Alaska and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin...
With his new one-year contract, Robinson will be guiding a team of limited talent in a town traditionally known as the "graveyard of managers." His job will not be made any easier by a barely concealed black-white schism on this year's team. But Star Pitcher Gaylord Perry, who had earlier threatened to leave the club if Robinson took over, joined with other players to say that they would give their new skipper a chance...
...moment, one of Pope Paul Vl's usually sedate audiences became a papal powwow. Among a group of 250 Gaylord, Mich., Catholics visiting the Pontiff at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo last week were four Ottawa Indians outfitted in full tribal regalia. The four presented Paul with an Ottawa war bonnet, which he obligingly put on. Then one of the Indians, Alvina Anderson, proposed a quid pro quo. "I asked the Pope to pray for peace be tween the U.S. and the Indians," she said later. "I told him that the U.S. had not honored...
...Senate, a public-service employment bill has been introduced by New York Republican Jacob Javits and Wisconsin Democrat Gaylord Nelson. Javits and Nelson, like Burns, call for $4 billion but only 500,000 jobs; they are thinking of average salaries of $8,000 while Burns' plan contemplates only $5,000. Illinois Republican Charles Percy has advocated the spending of an even greater sum: $6 billion...