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...first time since 1912. In Maine, the legislature elects the secretary of state, the attorney general and treasurer, and undoubtedly there will be some new faces in those places. Moreover, there will be heavy pressure on Republican Governor John H. Reed for such legislation as a higher minimum wage, expanded unemployment security and legalized Sunday sale of liquor...
...programs. Most companies use ordinary towers that require only a local franchise. Organized for as little as $250,000, CATV companies charge installation fees of $5.50 to $30, offer viewers excellent reception of up to a dozen channels for monthly rentals that average $5. The systems operate with a minimum of personnel and 98% efficiency, are expected to return investment within nine years...
...Goldwater's total defeat, Republicans should not concentrate their rehabilitation efforts on petty personal conflicts and impulsive Nixonian pronouncements. Burch's inept campaign has probably incurred the wrath of responsibly conservative Republicans; he may lose a vote of confidence at the January National Committee meeting, even with only a minimum of effort by anti-Goldwater tacticians...
More than 500 of Ford's 6,500 dealers have signed agreements to lease a minimum of five cars from the company, rent them out. Dealers will set their own rates, which are expected to be somewhat below those of Hertz, Avis and National. A Ford dealer in Michigan has begun to rent Falcons for $5 a day and 8? a mile, Fords for $8.50 and 12?, T-Birds for $9 and 12?. Perhaps optimistically, Ford Division Chief Lee Iacocca says that the major rental-car companies, some of his biggest customers, should not be disturbed by Ford...
Died. James P. Mitchell, 63, Eisenhower's Secretary of Labor, who won union applause by opposing right-to-work laws and boosting the minimum wage to $1 an hour, but had less success with the voters in New Jersey, losing the 1961 race for Governor to Democrat Richard Hughes; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...