Word: milliken
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they have continued to benefit from the big money politics of the Republican Party, securing campaign contributions from men like W. Clement Stone and textile magnate Roger Milliken, not to mention the millions from Richard Viguerie's direct mail outfit...
...LIST OF campaign contributions reads like a Who's Who of major textile interests in this heavily textile-oriented state--J.P. Stevens, Dan River, Deering-Milliken...
...Milliken followed Dukakis' welcoming remarks by introducing the big issue of the convention, and then added...
...necessary to look to the future for nuclear and environmental disasters, as Milliken said earlier. Lives have already been scratched at the Love Canal near Niagra Falls in New York, because of negligent disposal of chemicals 16 years ago; Canadian environmental protection officials are currently investigating the construction industry's use of contaminated landfill from an abandoned uranium mine in Quebec, and have unveiled radioactive highways and beaches and backyard gardens. Scientists have discovered that long-term exposure to federally-rated "safe" low-level radiation has killed people living and working near nuclear power plants. These researchers have seen their...
...issue which had attracted the attention of real Clamshell Alliance demonstrators outside the Sheraton, as opposed to Proposition 13's absent masses, was nuclear power. However, it was given short shrift inside the conference hall. When I asked Milliken if support for nuclear power plants was inconsistent with his concern for toxic chemicals and the environment, he lowered his voice a little and said, "Well we are going to have to go ahead in a very cautious way, but wind and solar energy are not going to solve this country's energy problems," adding that "environmental risks and economic advantages...