Word: hoff
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Meanwhile, court cases are carving new legal ground. Says Vermont Lawyer (and ex-Governor) Philip Hoff: "Business has learned that it can't go ahead, carte blanche, because it can be delayed for years by a lawyer committed to saving the environment." Adds E.D.F.'s Victor Yannacone: "Every piece of enlightened social legislation that has come down in the past 50 or 60 years has been preceded by a history of litigation. It is the highest use of the courtroom-even when we lose-to focus public attention and disseminate information about intolerable conditions...
...existed before." Hampshiremen, by dialing 603 271-3535, could hear a tape of their Republican Governor, Walter Peterson, advising that "Oct. 15 can be a day of mature reflection on the proper leadership goals of a great nation." Vermonters were in for a bipartisan treat. Democratic ex-Governor Philip Hoff, an early McCarthy backer, and conservative Republican Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hayes agreed to speak at a rally?in the Bennington National Guard Armory. Following that: a candlelight march to the obelisk that commemorates the Battle of Bennington...
Elsewhere in New England, 4000 gathered in Burlington. Vt., to hear former Governor Philip H. Hoff and Lt. Gov. Thomas Hayes denounce the war. The two men also made speeches at Bennington College...
...forthright neighbor admits that the old fellow is "downright quarrelsome." And even one of his most loyal friends, Mrs. Henry Cowell, widow of the composer, concedes that "sometimes his profanity got a little tiring." But all that was forgotten at the Bennington affair. Vermont's Governor Philip Hoff gave Ruggles a medal and friends made speeches. Carl was able to hear the whole thing over a loudspeaker in his nursing home near...
With Gov. Phillip A. Hoff, a McCarthy supporter, at the head of the party and the only significant Democratic office-holder in the past few years, liberals have played an important part in the decision-making. The 7000-member McCarthy organization--with a heavy dose of academicians--will probably go for a Democratic Coalition like the CDC after the election. Affluent McCarthyites have increased their control by giving generously this fall to moderate party candidates. If Hoff runs for the U.S. Senate in 1970, the liberal Coalition will most likely provide his base of support...