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...moved to their grandparents' farm in Shirkieville. In high school Bayh became a champion 4-H Club tomato grower and decided to study agriculture at Purdue. After two years in the Army, he returned to graduate in 1951. Then he settled down on the farm and married Marvella Hern, a winsome and whip-smart blonde who had defeated him in the national finals of a Farm Bureau debate. They have...
...Rafael Hernández Colon, 37, wrote a brilliant thesis as a law student in Puerto Rico, outlining the cultural, political and economic advantages of the island's commonwealth status. After serving as Secretary of Justice, President of the Senate and head of the Popular Democratic Party, Hernández in 1972 upset the incumbent and became the youngest Governor in Puerto Rican history. Today, with his old thesis for a platform, Hernández is concentrating on improving his island's troubled economy. To increase efficiency, the commonwealth is purchasing the telephone company, and to reduce high...
...Hernández himself who patched up the Popular Democrats after their 1968 loss. A lawyer from Ponce, the island's largest city after San Juan, he assumed leadership of both the party and the Senate in 1969 with the tacit approval of Luis Muñoz Marín, founder of the party, architect of the commonwealth agreement and, more than anyone else, father of modern-day Puerto Rico. This year Muñoz campaigned for his protégé. Hernández reorganized the Popular Democratic Party from top to bottom, replacing older leaders with...
During his campaign, Hernández argued for the continuance of the commonwealth on the grounds that it not only provided relief from U.S. taxes but also served as a "great retaining wall" that protected the island's Spanish culture from U.S. influence and domination. Yet he did not hesitate to employ-as did Ferré-mainland political techniques during the campaign. Both candidates hired consultants from Washington and taped endless television and radio spots. Hernández traded in his baggy suits for more modish styles and submitted to the shears of San Juan's leading hair...
...Hernández has promised to take steps to improve the islanders' living conditions. Per capita income has risen from $121 in 1940 to $1,600 in 1971, higher than that of any Spanish-speaking nation in the Americas, but chronically high rates of inflation and unemployment (now at 12%) still plague the island-a fact Hernández pointed out over and over during his campaign. If he cannot improve upon Ferré's fiscal record, he may well find himself out of office four years from...