Word: hubers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Detente. Although he has been winning some ground on Capitol Hill, Rockefeller's courting of conservatives has as yet made little impact on G.O.P. stalwarts throughout the country. "I don't see how he can change the habits of 30 years," says Robert J. Huber, an industrialist and former state senator from Michigan. Indeed, Rockefeller recently alienated West Coast conservatives by naming to his staff John Veneman, a liberal Californian who once served as Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Notes a Reagan aide: "The symbolism of the Veneman appointment goes against...
...newspaper and magazine ads, mass telephoning, softening-up cocktail parties and din ners for prospective customers, paid transportation to the site, and even free green stamps just for showing up. Many developments are models of intelligent planning, from Titan Group's Yosemite Lakes Park in California to J.M. Huber Co.'s Beaver Cove on Maine's Moosehead Lake. But fraud and misrepresentation persist, and large swatches of unspoiled wilderness are being turned into tacky subdivisions...
MICHIGAN: Lenore Romney found that her name is as much mud as magic in the August 4 primary for the Republican Senatorial nomination. The wife of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development squeaked by her opponent, State Sen. Robert Huber, with a scant 51 per cent of the vote. She must now face soft spoken liberal Senator Philip Hart in the general election. Hart has a good solid reputation as a defender of the consumer and as an opponent of trusts. He was an early opponent of the war and his wife was arrested in a 1969 peace demonstration...
...Romney, 60, who had earlier insisted that she would run only if her party drafted her, declared as a candidate anyway. Though she is the kind of candidate who makes a poor target for opponents, Lenore will probably face a primary challenge from Conservative State Senator Robert J. Huber. But she does have the backing of Governor William G. Milliken, who succeeded George. Democratic Incumbent Phil Hart is going to be difficult to beat-even by the Romney team...