Word: herschler
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...prominent name has joined the ever growing list of beleaguered American farmers and ranchers: Governor Ed Herschler of Wyoming filed for bankruptcy this month, becoming the first sitting Governor in his state to do so. His trouble stems from the 18,500-acre Yellowstone Ranch near Lander, Wyo., which Herschler and three partners bought in 1977 for an estimated $4.5 million to $5 million. After the partners were unable to collect a $1.5 million payment for 3,000 head of cattle they sold in 1981, they were forced to borrow at high interest rates to make debt payments. Meanwhile, beef...
...Though Herschler's bankruptcy petition showed $9.4 million in debts, the Governor estimates that the actual figure will be somewhere between $4.8 million and $6.75 million. His listed assets total $7,518,000 but include a $7.5 million claim against one of his partners. Herschler, 66, is a Democrat serving an unprecedented third term in an overwhelmingly Republican state. A poll taken in August indicated that he remains the most popular politician in Wyoming...
...representatives, however, switched into Democratic hands, partly because voters blamed Republican members for the cuts in state-run social services, the consequence of reduced federal funds for some domestic programs. Despite the region's Republican leanings, two Democratic Governors were reelected: Colorado's Richard Lamm and Wyoming's Ed Herschler have both been able to balance he requirements of growth and environmental protection, and were helped to third terms because...
...UTAH No Race Orrin G. Hatch (R) VT. Richard A. Snelling (R) Robert T. Stafford (R) VA. No Race Paul S. Trible Jr. (R) WASH. No Race Henry M. Jackson (D) W. VA. No Race Robert C. Byrd (D) WIS. Anthony S. Earl (D) William Proxmire (D) WYO. Ed Herschler (D) Malcom Wallop (R) Projections are from the Associated Press and ABC News as of 2:30 a.m. *--Too close to call
...that most people couldn't care less about Big Jim Thompson. Fact is, unless you're from Illinois in general or the late Richard J. Daley's former kingdom of Cook County in particular, Gov. James R. Thompson of Illinois is probably as important to you as Gov. Ed Herschler of Wyoming (unless, of course, you happen to be from Wyoming--which, if you're an easterner, is somewhere near Alaska...