Word: oregon
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...that the firecracker has exploded in Mills' face, he just might lose his seat in Congress and along with it the chairmanship of what is widely regarded as one of the two or three most powerful House committees; his successor as chairman would be Liberal Democrat Al Ullman of Oregon. (See 10 things to do in Washington...
...Oregon, fans of the World Football League's Portland Storm press together in a 27,500-seat stadium built for baseball before the Hoover Depression. On Randall's Island in the middle of New York's East River, the quarterback of the city's Stars tosses passes into darkness as his team plays under lights first used 35 years ago at Ebbets Field, where apartment houses now stand. ("This is the only stadium, and the only league," says Star Defensive End Gerry Philbin, "where they decide on the coin flip whether they'll take...
...reduces the chances of several Republicans who may be too closely identified with the G.O.P.'s conservative or liberal wings. The conservatives would include Governor Ronald Reagan of California and Senator William Brock of Tennessee. Among the liberals: Senators Charles H. Percy of Illinois and Mark Hatfield of Oregon, and, surprisingly, former Senator Charles E. Goodell of New York. While a member of the House, Goodell helped his close friend Ford become minority leader in 1965. Goodell has been a Republican outcast since 1969, after he became persona non grata to the Nixon Administration largely because of his opposition...
Appointed to the National War Labor Board, Morse broke with the Administration when the striking mine workers were granted a larger wage boost than other workers had been granted. After an angry blast, Morse resigned. Then he ran for the Senate in Oregon as a Republican. Franklin Roosevelt sent him a message urging him to give the President "hell" if he wanted...
Died. Wayne Morse, 73, spunky, irreverent Republican-turned-Democrat who served for 24 years as Senator from Oregon (see THE NATION...