Word: governors
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With that, Jimmy Carter wiggled his fingers at the 2,000 cheering Democrats who last week Attended a $100-a-plate dinner in Baltimore's Civic Center. Carter was on hand to give a boost to Harry Hughes, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Maryland, but the President was also putting in a well-deserved plug for himself. As the 95th Congress came to a tumultuous close after passing 189 bills in its final week, Carter had reason to be pleased. Said the President: "We have a firm grip now on the fiscal management of our Government...
...some states, the President is still advised to stay away. Oklahoma Governor David Boren, who is running for the Senate, was the first Democratic Governor to support Carter for President. During the campaign, Carter sent him a letter pledging to support deregulation of natural gas. After the election, he changed his mind, and Boren is still fuming. He has even persuaded other oil-state Governors to join him in bringing a suit challenging the constitutionality of the gas deregulation bill...
...proposition would require the firing of public school teachers who happen to be practicing homosexuals. The proposal is backed by groups like the Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs' Association and the California Farm Bureau, but is opposed by an unusual coalition of civil liberties organizations and conservatives, including former Governor Ronald Reagan and Senator S.I. Hayakawa, who feels that "so many laws already exist." Polls indicate that public opinion is evenly split on both propositions...
Some say there is a Ford in his future, but New York's Governor Hugh Carey is a fast man with a, er, dodge...
When rumors circulated last week that Carey, 59, plans to marry Anne Ford Uzielli, 35, the divorced younger daughter of Henry Ford II, the Governor told reporters: "No way." Nonetheless, Hugh often drops in for dinner at Anne's Park Avenue duplex and once sent her a garnet birthstone (January) inscribed, THE GUV, WITH LUV. But even luv isn't always enough. The Guv is up for reelection in November and, says he, "If I don't win, who'd want me? My prospects are vague, and my future is dubious...