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...epithets that are being hurled back and forth between Democrats in one of the roughest gubernatorial campaigns in the gamy history of Illinois politics. Incumbent Dan Walker, 53, is stopping at almost nothing to keep his job in next week's party primary. Illinois Secretary of State Michael Hewlett, 61, is matching him blow for low blow...
...classic confrontation. Walker, urbanely handsome and acerbically independent, is running for a second term against the venerable Democratic machine of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. Hewlett, folksy and wisecracking, is running with machine support. The outcome will go a long way toward determining the political leadership of Illinois when Daley, 73, finally bows out. Indeed, Daley hand-picked Howlett to fight Walker, whom the mayor never liked and now despises because of his attacks on the machine. Boasts Howlett: "Dick Daley has been a friend of mine for 30 years." Retorts Walker: "We're going to whip Boss Daley like...
...Governor has offended almost every organization that could lend him support. The Illinois Education Association, angry at Walker for vetoing education bills, is backing Hewlett. The United Auto Workers are against the Governor because the state took an unconscionably long time to distribute unemployment checks. The Illinois State Employees Association supports Howlett, charging that Walker is "creating a shambles of orderly government...
...Hewlett seemed to January to have the the winning hand -until last January. Then Chicago newspapers reported that he had been collecting $15,000 a year as "vice president" of Sun Steel Co., a post that, in some written statements, he implied that he no longer held. When he was accused of lobbying for legislation helpful to the steel-scrap industry, he denied the charge, but he resigned his post. On top of that, he divulged that in 1974 he declared as personal income-and paid taxes on-$100,000 in political contributions. He maintained that the money was used...
Many individual firms round the country are also feeling the first flush of recovery. In Waltham, Mass., Hewlett-Packard's medical electronics plant reports that orders are up 20% over a year ago, while in Norwood, Mass., Northrop Corp. is expanding its precision products plant to accommodate demand. Officials at Whirlpool Corp. in Michigan report that sales of appliances have been climbing since June...