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...selecting Sorensen, Carter paid his respects to the still important Kennedy wing of the Democratic Party. For outside the Kennedy family, no one was closer to J.F.K. than Sorensen. He grew up in a Lincoln, Neb., household that served as a refuge and rallying point for local progressives; Ted's father was a liberal Republican state attorney general...
Many ballot boycotters hoped that their actions would eventually lead to reforms. Lincoln, Neb., Stockbroker Don Geis, 41, coordinated Senator Frank Church's primary campaign in Nebraska, and was disgusted with the surviving candidate. He asked: "In a nation of over 200 million is this the best we can come up with?" Geis suggested that voting booths be outfitted with a category labeled NONE OF THE ABOVE. Said he: "If none of the above wins it, we should then start over until we come up with decent candidates...
...Providence Journal, Providence Bulletin, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester Times-Union, Hartford (Conn.) Courant, Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader. In the South, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Miami Herald, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Nashville Banner, Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) News, Houston Chronicle, Dallas Times Herald. In the Midwest, Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, Lincoln (Neb.) Journal, Tulsa (Okla.) World, Cleveland Plain Dealer, St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In the West, Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Albuquerque Journal. San Diego Union. Portland's Oregonian...
...Lincoln, Neb...
Farmers are furious over the bans. "They've taken away the insecticides that really do the job," says Steve Pfister, a Lexington, Neb., corn and alfalfa farmer. But entomologists and some farm experts feel that in the long run, less dependence on pesticides will be beneficial to the farmer. Many scientists believe that the introduction of pesticides like DDT, which promised easy pest control, actually intensified the problem by encouraging the abandonment of such traditional?and sound?agricultural practices as rotating and diversifying crops and adjusting times of planting to avoid insect infestations. "Insecticides have failed not because...