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...accused of killing him -- Darly Alves da Silva, 56, a wealthy Xapuri rancher, and his son Darci, 24 -- were the targets of one of Mendes' last empates, in March 1988. After the confrontation, Mendes, who had allegedly been threatened many times by the elder Da Silva, feared for his life and alerted the police. But on Dec. 22, 1988, Mendes was struck down by a single shotgun blast as he stepped out the back door of his home. His police bodyguards were inside playing dominoes. Mendes...
...come up with any accomplishments." Still, in Nebraska, where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by 70,000, Kerrey, a slender, earnest man with outsize eyes, has won two statewide elections -- for Governor in 1982 and for Senator in 1988 -- in which Republican support was essential. Dick Mercer, a cattle rancher from Kearney and a lifelong Republican, in 1988 headed up an organization called Third Congressional District Republicans for Kerrey. Why? Says Mercer: "I never met a person like Bob Kerrey." Members of the Navy Sea/Air/Land (SEAL) team who followed Kerrey into battle in Vietnam voice similar sentiments. The fact that...
...legalization of Laetrile, the crackpot cancer cure, and secured a letter from Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (a fellow Arizonan) erroneously citing legal precedents for the Christian-nation resolution. The most recent entrant is ex-Congressman Sam Steiger, a rodeo bulldogger, airplane wing walker, horse-race broadcaster, rancher and now electronic-equipment entrepreneur. He was convicted of extortion when he was an aide to Mecham, but it was overturned...
...right wing together, but the Red Menace is fading away. So far, the search for an issue to fill the void has come up empty. -- The Political Interest: Michael Kramer explains why Bush's low-key diplomacy may be just right for the times. -- A two-fisted millionaire rancher turns on Texas voters. -- In San Diego the most potent triple play is O'Connor to Copley to Kroc...
Enter Dayton Hyde, an Oregon rancher with a reputation for unorthodox management and a deep interest in conservation. "In my travels I kept going by feedlots seeing these poor creatures cooped up," says Hyde, 64. "I thought, That's no way to treat a wild horse. My dream was to get these horses out of the feedlots and running free again...