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...fact, they were all re-elected, and many by amazing margins. Governors Romney of Michigan and Chafee of Rhode Island won Republican majorities unprecedented in the recent political histories of their states. In doing so, they ran far ahead of Barry Goldwater: Romney 55% to Goldwater's 33% in Michigan, Chafee...
...Percy lost, although Goldwater ran much better (41%) in Illinois than in Michigan or Rhode Island: Percy's 48% of the vote was only 7% higher than Goldwater's, compared to differences of 22% for Romney and 42% for Chafee...
Search for Balance. To bypass such complexities of arrest, some states have invented "pre-arrest detention." This device was designed to permit police to act on "reasonable suspicion" rather than the higher standard of "reasonable belief." Delaware, Rhode Island and New Hampshire have adopted the Uniform Arrest Act, which allows a policeman to stop, question, detain and frisk any person "whom he has reasonable ground to suspect" of having committed a crime. Unless there is probable cause for actual arrest, the person must be released after two hours...
...proposed creation of a $100 million federal emergency fund to save the nation's failing commuter railroads, the weakest link in the U.S. chain of rails. To bolster the bankrupt New Haven line, whose trustees are seeking to cancel service covering all of its 26,000 commuters, Rhode Island's Senator Claiborne Pell wants to set up a four-state authority to provide subsidies. Last week New York's Senator Jacob Javits and Congressman Ogden Reid proposed that New York, Connecticut and the Federal Government share in underwriting the New Haven's commuter deficits. Two days...
...there are those fast jets with their low, low air fares ($104 round trip, economy class), and the idea of having a Latin adventure not too far from home without worrying about visas-or rocks and riots. "You get a little of the Latin influence," said a blonde from Rhode Island, "but you feel right at home...