Word: rays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Preisser was astounded by the results. Within a few days, 225 Californians had phoned to ask about the jobs. A team of lowans, dubbed "Ray's Raiders" after Republican Governor Robert Ray, flew to San Francisco to interview applicants and selected 70 finalists; most of them have college degrees and many years of experience working in California's prisons. Says Preisser: "We're getting some of their best people, people they've worked hard to train." Next week 15 of the new employees will start their jobs in Iowa. The rest of the openings will be filled later...
...successful were Ray's Raiders that Preisser decided to advertise in California again, this time for physicians, psychiatrists and other mental health specialists. There were a dozen applicants, and six of them are expected to be hired shortly. Will there be more raids on California? "Why not?" says David Oman an assistant to the Governor. Why not indeed...
...sentiment is growing in Congress to change the law. One amendment, backed by Tennessee Republican Senator Howard Baker, would enable a review committee to waive the law when an "irresolvable conflict" arose, as in the case of the Tellico Dam. "If all else fails," said Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton, "well promote it as the world's largest monument to the world's smallest fish...
...Clark, 48. Jepsen, who billed himself as "the right Republican," will have a tough time against Clark, who claims to have visited 1,100 Iowa communities during his first term. Jerry Fitzgerald, 37, Democratic leader of the state house, earned the tough job of trying to prevent Republican Bob Ray, 49, from winning a fifth term as Governor. Concedes Fitzgerald: "He's very popular...
Politicians also manage to draw some attention at the ceremony. Former Texas Gov. John B. Connally has been hanging around Harvard a lot lately, but appears less likely to cop an honorary than either Washington Gov. Dixie Lee Ray or Connecticut Gov. Ella T. Grasso...