Word: gov
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hanging over the trial is the remarkable report released on Tuesday by the Cohen committee, a report which documents the gross mismanagement of the Massachusetts welfare system, and places the blame squarely on Gov. Volpe and his administration...
...Gov. Volpe assured the public on Wednesday that the protesting mothers were in fact getting enough money, although how he came to this determination amid the utter chaos of his welfare administration remains a mystery...
...reason for last week's sit-in has nothing to do with Gov. Volpe's imaginary "nation-wide conspiracy." The sit-in was the result of the breakdown of the welfare system, not its cause. Volpe's demagogic charges of conspiracy, like the conspiracy charges which have been brought against the welfare mothers in court, are no more than a smokescreen to protect the government at the expense of the citizens it was elected to serve. There was no conspiracy involved in last week's sit-in, and the defendants should be acquitted...
...Vermont, a conservative Republican candidate, insurance company board chairman Deane C. Davis returned Vermont to its traditional Republican owners by defeating Democratic Lt. Gov. John J. Daley. In Vermont, as in New Hampshire the State House had been left vacant by popular Democratic governors who decided not to run again...
...upset contest in Rhode Island, Democrat Frank Licht defeated incumbent GOP Gov. John H. Chafee, Democratic attorney general Forrest Anderson was leading another incumbent Republican governor, Tim M. Babcock, in Montana...