Word: nebraska
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Only two Governors--Reynolds of Wisconsin and Rossellini of Washington, both involved in 1962-style battles with their legislatures--were defeated. Democratic Governors Hughes of Iowa (with 69% of the vote), Morrison of Nebraska (60%), and King of New Hampshire (67%) were re-elected with pluralities astonishing for Democrats in their states. And they all ran ahead of President Johnson...
PROFILES IN COURAGE (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.). Tom Bosley stars as Nebraska Senator George Norris, who was vilified by the press for his opposition to President Wilson's 1917 armed-ships bill...
Indeed it must. As a staunch little island of welfare-statism since the late 1920s, Uruguay now has so many built-in giveaways (among them: full-pay retirement as early as age 55) that the Nebraska-size wool-and-beef-producing country is on the brink of bankruptcy. The Council, which operates by majority vote, spends most of its time bickering. When it does make a decision, the effect is severely limited by autonomous state agencies that exert an enormous influence on the nation's economy. The state-owned power company can raise gas and electricity prices whenever...
...Constitution's Article III gives the court "original" (initial) jurisdiction over all cases between states. Only last week, the court permitted Nebraska to sue Iowa over 15,000 acres that Nebraska claimed Iowa stole along their mutual boundary, the Missouri River...
Something to Do. Goldwater's acceptance of Bliss did not come easily. Less than a week before, in his Washington apartment, Barry had listened in angry disbelief as two of his most loyal supporters, Running Mate William Miller and Nebraska's National Committeeman Donald Ross, along with Ray Bliss himself, patiently explained that Burch was not worth fighting for. Miller declared that a thin, five-vote majority was the very best Burch could hope for in the 132-member National Committee. Later Miller spent another two hours urging Barry to accept Bliss. At last Barry agreed...