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...Americans have reacted relatively calmly, but the pain of the recent rapid rise in joblessness is only beginning to be felt and their frustration and hostility are intensifying. Congressman Peter Rodino reports that the mood of his largely black constituency in Newark "is ugly." The city's jobless rate, always high, has climbed...
...John Rhodes said that Rocky had been "probed, provoked, tried, tested and observed from virtually every conceivable angle and perspective." Yet nothing had come out to impugn his character. While acknowledging that he still had reservations about Rocky's lavish gifts to public officeholders, Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter Rodino argued that such misgivings were outweighed by the "totality of this man's experience, the totality of his dedication and talents...
...Massacre. Asked Committee Chairman Peter Rodino: "You say it doesn't make any difference whether we study this until doomsday. Rockefeller is precluded?" Rauh said that that is what he meant. Rodino later remarked...
...Democratic caucus of clipping the committee's jurisdiction or even easing Mills out as chairman. Next in line is Oregon's Al Ullman, a hard-working liberal, popular with his colleagues. Also likely to assume heavy responsibilities in the next House is New Jersey's Peter Rodino, whose performance as chairman of the Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearings contributed to his lopsided reelection...
...where inflation was a top issue. The other Republicans who voted against Nixon all won, some by impressive margins. All of the anti-Nixon Democrats survived, including such Southerners as Alabama's Walter Flowers, South Carolina's James Mann and Arkansas' Ray Thornton. Committee Chairman Peter Rodino's margin in New Jersey over John Taliaferro was an overwhelming...