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Goodell's most formidable primary opposition at the moment is New York Senator Edward Speno of Long Island. Speno is a party regular who will run against Goodell in April. He is a party-oriented Republican who will gain the support of the more conservative upstate Republicans...
...political terms, Goodell should not have supported Lindsay, opposed the ABM, or introduced S. 3000. All these will send more Republicans into Speno's ranks and encourage Goodell's already vociferous critics who call him an "instant liberal...
...precious only to farmers whose animals cry out for attention at dawn. The present-day American, becoming more urban every year, much prefers his extra hour of light to come at the other, after-work end of the day. So, at least, claimed New York State Senator Edward J. Speno last week in his introduction of a bill by which New York would operate on daylight saving time the full year round...
...even New York's farmers, says Speno, would object any more to having an extra daylight hour of leisure time in the afternoon. After an informal survey across the state, Speno found that "farms are pretty well automated by now, and the cows and chickens can take care of themselves." Among other potential advantages he cites: children returning home from school would no 'longer have to trek in the dark, and, most important, adults making the trip home after work would be saved the hazards of twilight driving. Throughout the state, as well as in Manhattan, more traffic...
Other areas of the country where farmers are a greater percentage of the population are still loyal to standard time. But Speno becomes almost rhapsodic when he thinks about daylight saving time: "Light seems to lengthen our days and our lives because time is really an experience of the mind. The light will end for each of us, and maybe for all of us suddenly. It is certainly within our power now to rescue an hour of light every day for six more months of the year...