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Houston I. Flournoy, 44, a Princeton-educated Ph.D. (political science), won by more votes in his 1970 race for California controller than the margins of the three other major Republican candidates combined. A three-term California assemblyman, Flournoy is a boyish-looking, easygoing politician who outpolled three opponents by almost 2 to 1 in June's primary for the G.O.P. nomination to succeed Governor Ronald Reagan when he steps down at the end of this year. Known as the ranking "liberal" in the Reagan administration ("moderate" would be more accurate), Flournoy was untainted by the Watergate-related scandals that...
...race matched Harry M. Fox, 49, Saylor's loyal administrative assistant for all 13 of his terms, against Democrat John P. Murtha Jr., 41, a boyish-looking car-wash operator in Johnstown, three-term representative in the Pennsylvania house and lieutenant colonel in the Marine reserve. The holder of two Purple Hearts awarded during volunteer service in Viet Nam in 1966-67, Murtha becomes the first Indochina veteran to win election to Congress...
...incredible series of maneuvers, Rockefeller and Rose attempted to hand the Republican and Liberal mayoral nominations to former Democratic mayor Robert F. Wagner. It was Wagner's three-term record that both men had attacked when they endorsed Lindsay in 1965. Now they were asking Wagner to save the city from the mistakes of the eight-year Lindsay administration...
...Beame, 67, a reliable if unexciting party wheelhorse. A fiscal conservative who is described by a state legislator as a "1950s liberal," Beame recalls for many New Yorkers a happier, more secure era. Competing with Beame for the moderate-to-conservative vote is Mario Biaggi, 55, a flamboyant, three-term Congressman who is the most decorated policeman in the city's history...
...merger and ensuing complications in the Comptroller's Office, were responsible for a three-term lapse in RUS funding. The Spring term bill is the first since 1971 to contain the five dollar charge, Donovan said...