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...Senator William L. Scott, a conservative Republican from Virginia, called on Rockefeller to withdraw. Some conservatives hold a grudge for his refusal to back Senator Barry Goldwater for President in 1964; some liberals blame him in part for the deaths of 32 prisoners and eleven hostages during the 1971 revolt at New York's Attica Prison. It seemed possible that the two groups might form a coalition to oppose the nomination, but not until after the election...
...refused to support last month's abortive revolt by right-wing white settlers against Mozambique's black government and quietly restrained mercenaries from going there. Vorster pointedly offered only temporary refuge to fleeing Mozambique whites, most of whom will not be allowed to resettle in South Africa...
...Senate revolt was directed not so much against Ford as against his predecessor and at what many regard as the clandestine tactics of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Still angered by the disclosure of the CIA's intervention in Chilean politics, Senators saw a chance to strike back when a resolution authorizing a temporary continuation of foreign aid came to the floor last week. A majority voted an amendment banning military aid to Chile. Then, by a much larger margin, the Senate voted to cut off military assistance to Turkey on the ground that U.S. weaponry had been used...
...their chance to air their views on his nomination. Chief among them was Angela Davis, the black radical, who attacked Rockefeller for having permitted "one of the most wanton massacres in the history of the United States" at New York's Attica prison in 1971 during a revolt in which 32 prisoners and eleven hostages died. Rockefeller had told the Senators that while he deeply regretted the bloodshed, he still felt justified in having sent in the police to try to rescue the hostages. Said Rocky: "I do not believe in negotiating with people who are holding hostages...
...would have to anchor his right. He began condemning "welfare cheaters" and appointed a state inspector to weed out fraud on the relief rolls. He declared war on drug pushers by winning passage of a bill mandating a life sentence for anyone convicted of selling hard drugs. When a revolt broke out among convicts at Attica state prison in 1971, he refused to meet with the rebels as they demanded. When they failed to surrender, he permitted a brutal charge that cost the lives of 29 prisoners and ten guards who were held as hostages. As Watergate unfolded, he never...