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...Atlanta Bureau Chief James Bell: "Listen to what even candidates like Church and the rest say about welfare and tax reform, busing and Big Government, the bureaucracy and wasteful foreign aid and crime in the streets." Does he plan to run for the Senate seat that Alabama's John Sparkman is expected to vacate in 1978? Replied Wallace: "I hope to still be in politics. If I go up there, you can be sure of one thing. I'm not going to be your average freshman Senator the day they swear me in." Meanwhile, what Wallace wants most...
...current presidential try is unlikely to gain him much more than useful publicity, but he is slated to receive a handsome consolation prize. In 1978 Senator John Sparkman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is expected to retire-and Church is in line to succeed...
...make a bundle like Tom Dewey and Richard Nixon when they were out of office?" Wallace thought for a moment. "Naw, I'm not interested in law, and I guess I wouldn't be much good at it any more." Well, why not run for aging John Sparkman's Alabama Senate seat in 1978? "Naw, I don't want to go to Washington to sit in the Senate." Surely there must be something he could do. "Maybe write some. Think I could write some?" Somewhat kindly, the reporter did not suggest that words tumble far more...
Word is in Alabama that he'll seize ancient Senator John Sparkman's seat in 1978, lacking the strength to foist his wife Cornelia on the slate the way he could Governor Lurleen. "He'll go to the Senate," said one party power recently. "Folks'll want to send him where he'll be happy. What the hell else would he do? He'll speak for us, like he always did. That's one thing about George. He may never get to be President. But he can always say what's on folks' minds. Shee...
...Hollywood set. With somber visages and firm jaws, the actors hurried through the mellow night in their sleek black limousines. House Speaker Carl Albert, 5 ft. 5 in. tall, seemed at least 5 ft. 8 in. as he pondered American prestige on the White House steps. Senator John Sparkman was besieged by reporters after the President had told him the scenario for recapturing the ship and its crew. Others-Milton Young, Bob Wilson, Tip O'Neill, Robert Griffin-slipped off into the dusk with their beautiful secret. They whispered for everyone to wait a couple of hours-then...