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...working-class, Democratic Rhode Island amply demonstrated the dimensions of Richard Nixon's landslide. The state that gave Lyndon Johnston 81 per cent of its votes in 1964 turned around and presented its four electoral votes in Nixon with 54 per cent of its popular vote. Democratic Sen. Claiborne Pell withstood a strong challenge by former Governor John H. Chafee, winning his third term with 54 per cent of the vote. Democrat Phillip Noell won the governorship with 53 per cent of the vote...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Aware of ticket splitting is normally Democratic Rhode Island resulted last night in Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern's going down to defeat, while incumbent Democratic candidate Senator Claiborne Pell scored an upset victory over former Secretary of the Navy John Chaffer...
...trim, hard-running Chafee may come across as the more attractive candidate. Pell has suffered from his image as a colorless Senator, as a wealthy aristocrat who sometimes mumbles and minces words. That, together with the Nixon swell, may finally provide Chafee's edge...
...according to Malin, Clairborne Pell, the mastermind of the Senate version of the Education Bill had not realized the legislation would cut back on funds to students at low-cost institutions...
...Pell) didn't intend to make it tough for kids at low-cost schools," Malin said. "The idea was not to squeeze people out at the lower echelons, but to squeeze in more middle-income people...