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Orren and Siegel should know about Democratic Party reforms. Both serve on the 20-member Technical Advisory Committee which reports directly to the latest reform commission, chaired by Gov, James B. Hunt Jr. of North Carolina. The Hunt Commission began meeting in August and will make its recommendations to the DNC in February...
...Gov. Edward J. King yesterday went to The Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House in Cambridge, where suspicious fires last month delayed efforts by Harvard students to organize a teen center, for the announcement of a new statewide anti-arson program...
...HIGH-HANDED MOVE more befitting his surname than his office, Gov. Edward J. King recently vetoed the state bottle bill. The veto shocked many political observers: the bill boasted tremendous support and King's popularity has been waning for months. Nevertheless, the veto was predictable: Two years ago he vetoed a similar bill. King's followers mistakenly believe the bottle bill is little more than an expensive way to give kids with red wagons a chance to earn pocket money. In reality, the bill would cut litter, save energy, and create jobs--all at little cost to the public...
...defender of the poor against rich conservationists and litter-loathing suburbanites, King hoped to garner the support he desperately needs. The problem is, as all polls indicate, that the poor as well as the rich support the bill by an overwhelming margin. King's challengers realize this: both Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III and former governor Michael S. Dukakis favor the legislation...
...BOSTON--Gov. Edward J. King on Thursday signed a bill which allows a student representative to sit on each of the 28 boards of trustees of state colleges and universities...