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...Jersey, Vice President George Bush made campaign appearances that helped unseat Democrat Joseph Minish, 68, a liberal who had served 22 years in the House. Still, redistricting probably had more to do with winning the seat for Republican Dean Gallo, 48, minority leader of the New Jersey assembly. There was an unexpected Republican victory in Connecticut, where State Senator John Rowland, 27, knocked off Democrat William Ratchford, 50, a three-term incumbent. Reagan had appeared in the state to plug Rowland, who warmly embraced his policies. "We came out of nowhere," acknowledged a Rowland aide, giving Reagan all the credit...
...weak Democrats drowning in strong Republican districts: New York's Stanley Lundine is said by many to be gone, and California Dem Jerry Patterson is having a hard time keeping his head above water. To this list add James McClure Clark, Don Albosta, Bob Carr, Tim Penny and Joe Minish. All of these Democrats are ideologically off base in their respective districts...
...increases into law. While discussing the bill to extend Nixon's wage and price powers, the committee approved an amendment that would permit payment of raises agreed to before Aug. 15 unless they are "grossly disproportionate" to the national trend. The amendment was introduced by Democratic Representative Joseph Minish, a New Jersey A.F.L.-C.I.O. official for seven years before he won election to the House in 1962. It is far from certain that the amendment can pass Congress, but labor members of the Pay Board obviously saw it as a powerful tool in their bargaining...
Sydney P. Marland Jr., 51, came to Pittsburgh's 77,000-pupil school system from such relatively vest-pocket operations as Darien, Conn, and Winnetka, Ill. Since September 1963, Marland has demonstrated that this did not di minish his ability to think big. The chief elements of his Pittsburgh plan: - TEAM TEACHING. As in other schools, a group of half a dozen or more teachers work together with a large group of children. "But team teaching is more a spirit than a thing," says Marland. He finds that since teachers can be more creative, teaching in slum areas becomes...
...skill. Some change will have to be made before long in the method of play, and it will probably be inaugurated by the colleges as the leaders in amateur athletics. The first step toward such a change will be to dipitcher. The new rule adopted by the minish the undue importance of the National : League would have precisely the opposite effect. True, the practice thus sanctioned has been common for the past two or three years, though forbidden by the rules; but that is no reason why it should be made legal. The reasonable thing to do would...