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Afterward McKay refused to congratulate his conqueror, Coach John Ralston, who came to Denver out of Stanford. Instead, he called Ralston a ten-letter word, "for stacking on the points." When Ralston was mentioned in a press conference, McKay chomped a cigar. "He's a prick. He always was a prick. I hope he gets fired," said this devoutly civilized man. From another world Lombardi smiled ferociously...
Hearnes's problems are compounded by the formidable qualities of his Republican opponent, John C. Danforth. Danforth built the modern Republican party in Missouri, nurturing its growth during his tenure as attorney general, when he was the only Republican official elected statewide. Heir to the Ralston-Purina fortune, Danforth projects a more youthful, personable image than his opponent. And in a race where the candidates differ only slightly on the issues, image could be the deciding factor...
During a seven month stay in Namibia sponsored by a grant from the Lutheran World Federation, Ralston H. Deffenbaugh investigated the quality of legal defense for those prosecuted under the South African policy of apartheid...
...Governor, Kit Bond, the first Republican to hold that office in Missouri in 30 years. Attorney General Danforth has a deserved "Mr. Clean" image (TIME selected him in 1974 as one of the country's 200 rising young leaders). He twice took to court his own family business, Ralston Purina, in which he holds 100,000 shares worth about $5 million...
...about 20% of the business. The nation's biggest producer, North Carolina's Holly Farms (weekly output: nearly 5 million broilers) is a subsidiary of Memphis-based Federal Co., a large flour miller, but other big companies have been unable to make a go of chicken raising. Ralston Purina, once No. 1 in the business, and Pillsbury both dropped out of the broiler game in the 1960s...