Word: governors
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...seemingly contradictory character and background. He was raised in Tacoma, Wash., where he was a Boy Scout, and in 1972 was graduated with honors from the University of Washington. Professors praised him as a "mature young man who is very responsible and emotionally stable." He became a member of Governor Daniel Evans' re-election campaign staff and later worked for the Seattle Crime Commission. Former colleagues recall Bundy as intelligent and likable...
Unfortunately, squabbling among local communities slows the selection process. Since most rapid transit authorities encompass at least two and sometimes as many as eight city and county governments, new plans tend to become ensnarled in local rivalries and prejudices. Virginia Governor John Dalton has just sidetracked a planned 1% sales tax in the state's northern counties that would have helped support the Washington Metro underground-and-elevated rail system. Detroit's plan for a southeastern Michigan transit system is being blocked by opposition from adjoining towns whose leaders say that they must pay more than a fair...
Says one of them, PepsiCo Chairman Donald Kendall: "Connally's greatest strength is in the Big Business community." Thomas Ellick, a corporate vice president of California's Fluor Corp., who was a special assistant to Governor Ronald Reagan in 1968-71, finds that "I'm just amazed at the breadth of the people who are coming out of the woodwork for John Connally. If anyone is looking for a replacement for John Wayne as the personification of America, this...
...Rockefeller, West Virginia Governor and great-grandson of Standard Oil's John D.: "I don't have a whole lot of faith in what the oil companies...
...state legislatures, the pro-lifers have won fight after fight. The legislatures of 15 states, including Indiana, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, have called for a constitutional amendment that would in effect prohibit abortion in the U.S. In Massachusetts last month, Democratic Governor Edward King signed a tough bill that bans virtually all publicly financed abortions. The Illinois legislature has repeatedly overridden Republican Governor James Thompson's vetoes of bills that would limit state funding for abortions. The courts have thrown out the legislation three times this year as unconstitutional. Complains Attorney Lois Lipton of the American Civil Liberties Union...