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...which he takes positions which would make Lester Maddox appear liberal. It is frequently contended that the Union Leader's political effect is only negative--that it can destroy a candidate but cannot elect one. This was, however, proven untrue in November of 1972, when Georgia-born Meldrim Thompson--a John Birch Society supporter and personal political creation of Loeb--was elected governor...
...friends rally, his opponents attack. To California Governor Ronald Reagan, last week's message was "the voice of reason." Virginia Governor Linwood Holton, a moderate Republican, liked the speech ("I agree that we should get on with the public's business"), and so did New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson, who felt that "his analogy to the riots of the 1960s was excellent...
...lobster? So valued are the tasty crustaceans that two U.S. states are in a boiling dispute. Last January a New Hampshire lobsterman was arrested by a Maine patrol boat for fishing north of the rather vague boundary separating the two states' ocean waters. New Hampshire's Governor Meldrim Thomson Jr. promptly hoisted the colors. He suggested that Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis drop the charges. Curtis ignored him, and the lobsterman was convicted and fined...
Norris last April 9 published excerpts of a letter from Lessard to N.H. governor Meldrim Thomson Jr., in which Lessard said he had been "bribed" to drop his bid for a track license...
...HAMPSHIRE. Republican Meldrim Thomson Jr., 60, a publisher of law books, defeated Democrat Roger J. Crowley Jr., 60, a retired Navy captain. The two had a lot in common. They were both foursquare against state income and sales taxes, and they were both touted as "excellent candidates" by New Hampshire's reigning superconservative, William Loeb, publisher of the Manchester Union Leader. Loeb backed them both in their respective primaries, but threw his newspaper's support to Thomson in the main event. Possibly he simply soured on Crowley, who had lost a bid for the governorship in 1970 despite...