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Addressing the assembly in the ornate ballroom of the Tehran Hilton, Clark bitterly denounced U.S. interference in Iran, Chile and Viet Nam. The lanky, pugnacious Texan also called for the release of the 53 U.S. hostages held in Iran since Nov. 4; but he sugar-coated his criticism by emotionally professing that he "could understand the seizure of the hostages in human terms." At the same time, Clark demanded the trial of the Shah by an international tribunal, and criticized Carter's support for the ousted monarch...
...Texan, of course. Who else could head a small investment group that loses $1 billion on paper in a single day and still has perhaps $2 billion left after that? A Saudi, maybe, and in fact there were three Saudi Arabian colleagues plus a Brazilian. But their leader, the man who shook the world's commodities markets and almost caused a financial panic last week, is an archetypal Texas wheeler-dealer, Nelson Bunker Hunt...
After 13½ months of nonstop campaigning, spending $11 million and winning only one delegate, Ada Mills, 67, from Clarksville, Ark., former Texas Governor John Connally last week withdrew from the Republican presidential race. TIME National Political Correspondent John Stacks traveled with Connally during the last week of the Texan's campaign. His report...
...place we've really worked." To support his cause, Connally enlisted two of the state's most popular and powerful politicians: former Governor James Edwards and Republican Senator Strom Thurmond. In particular, Thurmond was campaigning for Connally as though his own career were at stake. With the Texan at his side, Thurmond was at a Du Pont plant gate in Camden at 7:30 one morning last week, buttonholing arriving workers, draping an arm around each and whispering confidingly, "He's a mighty good man. Speak a good word...
Wendy Carle, another Quincy House senior with a warm, unassuming manner, is a different kind of basketball player. A relative newcomer to the sport, Carle's natural athletic ability and determination have enabled the quiet Texan to rise above the average varsity hoopster...