Word: palladino
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Incumbents Elvira "Pixie" Palladino and John McDonough were implicated in fellow committeman Gerald O'Leary's extortion scheme, but cleared in a subsequent trial. McDonough barely made the final election, though, and has been a weak candidate in the past; he may have been hurt too much by the bad publicity. Palladino, who lost her seat in the last off-year election, has lost much of her virulent anti-busing support, and would have been in trouble even without her connection to the scandal...
...more important, Reagan ordered the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to speed up procedures for licensing nuclear plants, so that the time from first blueprint to the start of electricity production, which now is as long as 14 years, can be cut to six to eight years. NCR Chairman Nunzio Palladino is thinking of standardizing nuclear-plant designs. Also, Reagan ordered the Administration to work with industry on developing safe methods for the permanent disposal of nuclear wastes. The Government would like to open demonstration sites to test methods for burying atomic garbage safely underground...
...august a body as the Senate tries to end the nation's experiment with desegregation, it will be vindicating only leaders like Louise Day Hicks and Pixie Palladino, vindicating those who gathered each morning and afternoon to throw rocks...