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...lone loser among the pro-impeachment Representatives was Republican Harold Froehlich, who lost to a Norbertine priest and history professor, Robert Cornell, 54, in a largely rural Wisconsin district where inflation was a top issue. The other Republicans who voted against Nixon all won, some by impressive margins. All of the anti-Nixon Democrats survived, including such Southerners as Alabama's Walter Flowers, South Carolina's James Mann and Arkansas' Ray Thornton. Committee Chairman Peter Rodino's margin in New Jersey over John Taliaferro was an overwhelming...
...embarrassing absence of applause that followed Heath's speech indicated clearly that he is now no more than a caretaker leader of the Tories. As a three-time loser, Heath would undoubtedly be ousted as party leader-if only there were someone to replace him. At week's end a group of Tory backbenchers, the powerful 1922 Committee, gave him a rousing vote of nonsupport. Of the 21 attending a meeting of the committee, only two said they were for Heath. However, Heath's own preferred successor, former Northern Ireland Proconsul William Whitelaw, is disparaged by much...
Jill Robertson, playing at number two, was the only Radcliffe loser, as she was hounded by Laura Wolfe into a 12-7 defeat...
...Mack Herron had carried a passport in his younger days, he could have listed his profession as loser. He majored in football at Kansas State, claimed that friction with his coach cost him a nomination for the Heisman Trophy, and quit school minus his degree. Pro offers were paltry, so Herron went to Canada. There he led the Canadian Football League in rushing but failed to awe the Winnipeg police. When they busted him for possession of marijuana, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers fired him. In 1973 he was back home in Chicago selling blue jeans for a living...
PENNSYLVANIA-CORNELL--For all intents and purposes, Penn was a loser last week until Adolph "Beep Beep" Bellizeare uncorked a 61-yard punt return. Penn is favored in this one, but the Big Red could be tough. Very tough. Cornell 24, Penn...