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...James G. Elaine Society's sole purpose is to keep outsiders out of Oregon. Besides advertising the rain, it publicizes Portland's high crime rate, cases of tick paralysis and an occasional quicksand alert. It chose its name because of its "antique flavor" rather than for any attributes of Blaine himself (1830-1893), a Republican Speaker of the House, Senator, presidential nominee and twice Secretary of State...
...that Zapata controlled. In a complicated series of transactions, Mize made Southdown an entirely separate company, severing all its ties with Zapata. He also resigned from Zapata and named himself chairman of Southdown. Again Mize went back to making acquisitions, mostly in exchange for Southdown securities. He bought Southwestern Portland Cement and Pearl Brewing and formed Pelto Oil to expand Southdown's oil and gas activities in the oil and gas business...
...Daley was compassionate. "All of us are sick sometimes," he said. "Many people become seriously ill, but they come back and carry on their activities very successfully and capably." The underlying, widespread worry was whether Eagleton would be equal to the strain if he should succeed to the presidency. Portland Lawyer Robert Duncan, a Democrat active in Oregon politics, spoke for many: "I think what will worry people is this stress problem. They will all see him standing eyeball to eyeball with Russia-and then going out and getting shock treatment...
...claim that only a black can understand the black experience. The antagonism toward these white sociologists has also spread through the black ghettos, making it difficult for them to continue their research. During the past six months, their plight has been studied by Wilson Record, a white sociologist at Portland State University in Oregon. He interviewed 140 of the estimated 750 white sociologists specializing in race and ethnic relations at U.S. campuses and found that nearly a fourth have abandoned the field of race relations...
...PORTLAND, Me.--Pollution specialists from across the country arrived Monday in Portland in a massive effort to clean up the worst oil spillage in ten years on Casco Bay's beaches...