Word: governors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Deardourff and Partner Bailey are all over the Midwest, touting Republicans as the champions of tax cuts. Two years ago, they helped elect Jim Thompson Governor of Illinois by stressing his fights against corruption; this year every commercial begins with a discussion of taxes. In Iowa, their spots show Governor Robert Ray on the hustings-talking about taxes. In Ohio, where they are facing a Garth-directed challenge from Richard Celeste, their ads stress incumbent Governor Jim Rhodes' tax-saving administrative abilities and show that he is capable of, among other things, leading the All-Ohio Youth Marching Band...
...plus $1 million to convince voters through television that he was the fresh face needed to succeed George Wallace. In California, Ken Rietz, a former head of Young Voters for President Nixon, is helping Republican Evelle Younger spend $1.75 million in television money in his final blitz to unseat Governor Jerry Brown...
...recent week racing to Florida for an anti-casino campaign; then to Venezuela for the presidential race, where he is opposed not only by Garth but also by the legendary Joe Napolitan, onetime seer for Hubert Humphrey; then to Detroit, where he is handling the re-election campaign of Governor William Milliken; then to Ohio to write some TV spots for Governor Rhodes; then to Pennsylvania for a conference with Gubernatorial Candidate Richard Thornburgh. Says Deardourff: "You either win or you lose, and people who lose fall by the wayside...
...artificial hip inserted last year became infected; in Hollywood. A teen-age vaudevillian, Dailey appeared on the Broadway musical stage before making such movies as Mother Wore Tights (1947) and When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948). From 1969 to '71 he starred in the TV series The Governor...
EDWARD KING is a man who believes he represents the people and while his lead may be slipping a little, he still believes he will be the next governor of Massachusetts. Saturday spelled a sort of victory for him--the president came to show support for him, claiming there is enough room in the Democratic party to accommodate arch conservative types like King. In the same way that he didn't know which league the Sox play baseball in, perhaps Carter doesn't know King's league either. Maybe he does't know that when King ran Massport, he abused...