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Seated last week beneath the huge chandelier in his paneled office, Alabama's Governor George C. Wallace gulped Coke and denounced the lavish spending of his predecessor, John Patterson. Growled Wallace: "It's criminal, it's a shame...
Upon taking over from Folsom in January 1959, Patterson proclaimed economy. But before long he was spending state funds almost as uninhibitedly as Kissin' Jim. Not content with a press secretary. he also hired a radio-TV secretary and a personal photographer. Though he got rid of five planes, he later bought four others. Shortly before his term expired, he used $17,500 of his emergency funds to pay legal expenses for his brother Maurice, whom he had appointed state finance director. Maurice was caught up in an investigation involving the alleged misuse of Alabama funds...
Godfrey Wood in the Crimson not frustrated B.C.'s better efforts, while the secondary of Johnston, Ron Thomson, Mike Patterson, and John Daly stymied less threatening onslaughts...
Most of Accion's volunteers are working in barrios, or slum areas of Venezuela. Patterson said Peace Corps workers in Venezuela have only tried to draw barrio inhabitants out of the slums to community centers. Our people live in the barrios, and are able to learn what the real problems are and gain the population's confidence...
Goalie Godfrey Wood and defenseman Mike Patterson will be returning to the lineup, but the squad's leading scorer, Bill Lamarche, remains sidelined with a knee injury...