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...William Milliken proposed a cut in school funds of $15 million to help pay the current bill...
Boob Tube. The Governors also complained about Agnew's campaign against the press, whose "columnists and commentators" he had labeled "ideological antagonists" the night before. Among those who pressed him on that point were Michigan's William Milliken, Delaware's Russell Peterson and New Jersey's William Cahill, who urged Agnew to abandon his "shotgun" attacks and adopt a more precisely targeted "rifleshot" approach...
...Democratic National Committee peered out of his office window in Washington at the late afternoon darkness; lightning flashed, rain and hail pelted down. "That damn sky is about to drop on us," he joked. "Tell them we'll give them Michigan." As it turned out, Republican Governor William Milliken did get a new term in Lansing, but over most of the U.S. the Democrats were in sunshine. They dropped the sky on the G.O.P., turning a 32-18 Republican majority of gubernatorial chairs into a 29-21 Democratic advantage-subject to scattered recounts. Among...
MICHIGAN. Widespread unemployment, in large measure due to the strike against General Motors, has idled 180,000 workers in Michigan. The economic distress is an inhibiting factor in Governor William Milliken's campaign. He was the favorite to win in November until his indecisiveness and the strike combined to boost his opponent, Sander Levin, a former Democratic state chairman. Still, Milliken is a slight favorite-unless popular Democratic Senator Phil Hart has coattails long enough to sweep up Levin...
...these rules are aimed at keeping courts from being deluged with frivolous lawsuits. But several recent court decisions have made it easier for conservation groups to sue polluters. None, however, go as far as a remarkable Michigan law recently signed by Governor William G. Milliken. The law puts every Michigan citizen on a legal par with the state's attorney general in environmental cases. In so doing, it achieves three key reforms...