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...England's William Cohen, may well influence wavering Republicans when the full House acts on the committee's recommendation. The influential roles played in the committee's decision to impeach by its articulate Southern Democrats, Alabama's Walter Flowers, South Carolina's James Mann and Arkansas' Ray Thornton may also swing other Southern Congressmen against the President...
Several of the Congressmen bowed their heads as the vote was taken. Arkansas' Thornton closed his eyes as if in prayer...
Rodino and some House Democratic leaders then moved adroitly to seek the help of the Southern Democrats on the committee. These men, Flowers, Mann and Thornton, were offended by Nixon's encroachment on the Constitution and on such agencies as the FBI and IRS. They also are persuasive, soft-sell politicians with an ability to find common cause with the undecided Republicans. The key to gaining maximum support for articles, one House leader explained, was "to put together the Southern Democrats and the Republicans." The way to do that, this veteran told Rodino, was "to get Walter Flowers...
...Thornton F. Bradshaw, president of Atlantic Richfield Co.; Ian MacGregor, chairman of American Metal Climax, Inc.; John W. Simpson, president of Westinghouse Electric's Power Systems Co.; Alfred J. Eggers Jr., assistant director for research applications of the National Science Foundation; and Lee C. White, chairman, Energy Policy Task Force, Consumer Federation of America...
Harvard's third doubles team of Sandy Wilson and John Thornton, neither regular starters, dropped a 7-5, 6-4, match to Davis and Magee, as Dartmouth collected its second token victory...