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Supreme Court Justices seldom allow themselves to get caught in the rough-and- tumble of local politics. So eyebrows rose when a letter written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was used by archconservative Arizona Republicans to formulate a resolution proclaiming that the U.S. is a "Christian nation...
...O'Connor, once active in the Arizona G.O.P., wrote the letter last year to Apache Junction Republican Annetta Conant. At Conant's request, the Justice cited three court opinions that, according to O'Connor, were "to the effect that this is a Christian nation...
After adoption of the resolution at the annual state party convention, along - with measures opposing water fluoridation and the grand-jury system, Conant revealed O'Connor's correspondence. Conservative Barry Goldwater criticized the resolutions, declaring that he was "upset and disgusted" to realize that the state G.O.P. had been taken over by a "bunch of kooks...
Among those indicted were a Massachsuetts man and Everette Bannister, a close associate of Bahamian Prime Minister Lynden O. Pindling. Bannister was accused of taking money from the cartel to allow traffickers to use the island nation off Florida's shores as a way station for $1 billion in drug imports...
...what a great year for upsets. In the 1969 World Series, the New York Mets shocked the baseball world by defeating the Baltimore Orioles to capture the world championship. Many thought the O's would roll through the Metsies. The Orioles had the pitching and the offense. Baltimore had two 20-game winners (Mike Cuellar and Dave McNally), while the Mets had one (Tom Seaver). The Orioles had Boog Powell (37 HRs, 121 RBI) and the Mets had only... What Mets player led New York in both...