Word: robb
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three-time loser, picking up 56% of the 1.2 million votes cast. Dalton, a moderate conservative, overcame the 2-to-l Democratic bulge in the Virginia electorate by attracting twice as many independent voters as Howell. Only the election of middle-of-the-road Democrat Charles S. (Chuck) Robb as Lieut. Governor gave the Democrats any joy. Lawyer Robb, 38, Lyndon Johnson's son-in-law, is already being touted as a possible gubernatorial candidate...
...accuses Dalton's camp of "Nazi-like" tactics. Howell has tried to temper his maverick image by invoking his closeness to Jimmy Carter, who joined him on the campaign trail last September. Moreover, Howell is running on the same ticket with Lyndon Johnson's son-in-law Chuck Robb, a reassuringly moderate candidate for Lieutenant Governor...
...whistle-stop tour of the South. Back on the hustings in Virginia, Lady Bird, 64, is again gamely speaking at luncheons and asking audiences to ante up contributions at fund raisers. Her message: "I don't presume to tell Virginians about Virginia politics, but I do know Chuck Robb." Robb, 37, her lawyer son-in-law, is after the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. On nights when Daughter Lynda heads out campaigning alone with Chuck, Lady Bird also likes to play Miz Lillian's role: babysitting for the kids, Lucinda, 8, and Catherine...
...wants to see the amazing agricultural development in this arid land." Thus did Lady Bird Johnson, widow of the 36th President of the U.S., describe herself at the start of a six-day visit to Israel last week. One of the first objectives for Lady Bird and daughters Lynda Robb and Luci Nugent required a two-mile hike over dirt paths through Independence Forest on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Their destination: a wooded area dedicated to Lyndon Baines Johnson, where Lady Bird planted a pine sapling and Luci watered it. The former First Lady also met with Israeli President Ephraim...
...upcoming feature on the children of U.S. Presidents, editors at the Ladies' Home Journal hired a couple of experts on the subject: Susan Ford, 18, and Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, 32. Last week the pair visited another First Family offspring, Helen Taft Manning, 84, daughter of Republican President William Howard Taft. "Mrs. Robb and I gossiped about people at the White House. I have always admired the Johnsons," said Mrs. Manning. As for Susan, "She was the least bothersome photographer I have ever had, very professional and businesslike." Did the bipartisan progeny engage in any political shoptalk? Answered Manning...