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...McCall, the lanky Republican maverick who became nationally known as Oregon's "live ability" governor, died last Saturday after a long battle with cancer. He was 69. In McCall, the nation has lost one of its foremost environmentalists, a man whose main priority was to improve the natural environment of his state, and to spearhead a movement to do the same nationwide...
During his eight years as Oregon's chief executive, the outspoken McCall took several actions to improve live ability and preserve natural resources. He established a state department of environmental quality. He initiated the nation's first bottle bill. He reduced water pollution in the state's rivers, and passed a law requiring the removal of billboards near highways. And he instituted an innovative statewide land use planning...
...McCall's unique campaign to prevent people and industries from moving into his state was principally directed toward the toeing masses south of Oregon's border in California. McCall recognized the problem of that state--the overpopulation, the abuse of natural resources, the sprawling metropolises--and sought to prevent such a fate for his home...
...grandson of three-time Massachusetts governor Sam McCall, Tom McCall was a talented politician whose liberal leanings made him popular among Democratic as well as Republican voters. He was often mentioned in the mid-'70s as a potential Presidential candidate...
...disarmament in the 1950s, for aid to rebuild a Vietnamese village ravaged by U.S. Marines in the 1960s. But he always proved a shrewd salesman; his special sections on topics such as education and stereo electronics often attracted foundation support or extra advertising. Cousins made SR solvent enough that McCall Corp., publisher of McCall's and other magazines, acquired it for $3 million...