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...hope it's not blasphemous for me to say that providence brought me to Rhode Island," Muskie told a group of state leaders before the rally, but it was obvious from the way he courted Providence mayor Joseph Doorley, Gov. Frank Licht, and Sen. Claiborne Pell that Rhode Island's presidential primary early in 1972 had more to do with his being here than any kind of divine intervention...
...Brown, about 5000 students turnedout to hear Peter B. Adelman, former associate of Robert F. Kennedy, Tuesday night. Last night, a large crowd of students heard Harvard's Edwin O. Reischauer, Jerome Weisman, provost of M.I.T., and Gov. Frank Licht of Rhode Island. Nearly all classes were cancelled...
...alliance. It is very easy for "outs" to unite compared with serving the interests of the many deprived groups which this coalition represents. A white middle class suburbanite state administrator might quickly drive even black moderates into the opposition. This problem will be faced by Rhode Island with Governor Licht in the immediate future and probably by many states following the 1970 elections, if the "humanists" are successful...
...after a third term, were dropped by the only unifying issue of the gubernatorial contest?taxes. Chafee had endorsed a state income-tax increase from a maximum of 5% to 8% in order to bring in $35 million in much-needed revenues. His Democratic rival, Superior Court Justice Frank Licht, 52, countered with a proposed investment tax, and that turned the trick. Babcock opted for a sales tax with no exemption for ranch machinery. "Pay More? What For?" was the slogan that Montana's tough, three-term attorney general, Forrest H. Anderson, 55, used to dump Babcock?and it reflected...
...once thought I knew a little something about Rhode Island. I grew up in the shadows of Brown Stadium, after all. But then Brown beat Colgate which had beaten Princeton and then the next week, the Bruins lost to Princeton. Not bad enough? Well, Frank. Licht surprised everyone by defeating incumbent governor John Chafee. So Cornell will win, 13-7, because Licht went to Brown...