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Senator Robert Taft Jr., the latest in a family of Republicans, is embroiled in a close rematch with Howard M. Metzenbaum, the Democrat he vanquished to first win the seat in 1970. Since that defeat, Metzenbaum, a Cleveland businessman, has been in and out of the Senate, as the appointee of Democratic Governor John Gilligan to replace Republican Willian B. Saxbe when Saxbe retired to become Attorney General. Metzenbaum lost his bid for election in a hard-fought 1974 primary battle against the eventual winner, Senator John Glenn...
That primary battle spawned an animosity between Glenn and Metzenbaum that has impaired Metzenbaum's bid to defeat Taft. Taft, a staunch conservative whose father was known to a generation of Americans as "Mister Republican," has attacked Metzenbaum for his support of the Humphrey-Hawkins full employment bill and extensive cuts in the defense budget. Metzenbaum responded with criticism of Taft for support the de-regulation of oil and natural gas prices and opposing common situs picketing...
...seven who voted against Rockefeller included three Republican conservatives (Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Jesse Helms of North Carolina and William L. Scott of Virginia) and four Democratic liberals (James Abourezk of South Dakota, Birch Bayh of Indiana, Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin). Their opposition centered chiefly on Rockefeller's wealth and his use of it. Goldwater had never really forgiven Rockefeller for failing to support him for President in 1964 but still endorsed the nomination originally. Explaining his change of mind, Goldwater said: "It is now apparent to me that Mr. Rockefeller did in effect...
...reckoning of outgoing Ohio Democratic Senator Howard Metzenbaum, depressed stock market prices offer newly rich oil-exporting nations the opportunity to control AT&T, Boeing, Dow Chemical, General Dynamics, General Motors, IBM, ITT, Lockheed, United Air Lines, U.S. Steel, Xerox and ten other major companies. A 51% interest in all these firms could be bought for some $47 billion, and the 13 members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will accumulate much more surplus capital than that by the end of this year...
...years. In 1964 he challenged aging Democratic Senator Steven Young, but withdrew from the race after he slipped on a bathroom rug and began to suffer dizzy spells. In 1970 he tried again, but he was still running as a space hero; he lost in the primary to Howard Metzenbaum who was defeated by Republican Robert Taft Jr. Then Glenn sensibly undertook the business of being a politician. He ran a citizens' committee for Democratic Governor John Gilligan, chaired an environmental task force, and ate countless dinners of rubber chicken on the state political circuit. This year he beat...