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...makes the headlines. But behind those prices can be multimillion-dollar battles between commercial and political rivals that escape public notoriety. And in this case there are. The very bitterness of the sugar-pricing controversy can be seen in one of the last official acts by the late Senator Hubert Humphrey, who in a statement accused the Carter Administration of "bungling and ineptitude" and acting "contrary to the expressed intent of Congress" in its sugar policies...
After Jaworski is done, Park will go before the Senate's Ethics Committee for more closed-door testimony. Although that is expected to be relatively brief, he is certain to be questioned closely on his claim that he contributed $20,000 to Hubert Humphrey's 1972 presidential campaign, a charge that Humphrey aides have denied. After his Senate session, Park will begin talking in public: first as the star witness at the trial of former California Congressman Richard Hanna, indicted for having accepted more than $100,000 in bribes; then to the House committee in open sessions...
Josephine Hubert Northport...
...Boston Globe syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman recently wrote in an article about the late Hubert Humphrey that "It's ultimately as difficult to be a totally content person in an unjust society as it is to enjoy a banquet surrounded by starving people." It is difficult to believe that Jimmy Carter is not content in his way or that Jerry Brown isn't content in his world of Zen Buddhism and E.F. ("Small is Beautiful") Schumacher quotations, but it may well be true that Gary Hart is the only one among the prospective 1980 Democratic hopefuls who is discontented...
...Senate had been without a Humphrey for only twelve days when Muriel Humphrey accepted the appointment to take her late husband's seat. "I believe I can help complete some of the very important legislative business that Hubert had hoped to finish," she said. To the throng of reporters questioning her, she added: "Hubert was always my guide. I hope he is guiding me today...