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Died. Edwin C. Johnson, 86, three-term Democratic Governor of Colorado and U.S. Senator from 1937 to 1955; following a hernia operation; in Denver. A conservative, "Big Ed" was offended by immorality among Hollywood actors and actresses and called for a congressional investigation. "Unconventional free-love conduct must be regarded for what it is," he said, "an assault upon the institution of marriage...
...Among those already in the contest are Theodore Sorensen, John Kennedy's onetime aide and now a partner in Abram's former law firm, Paul O'Dwyer, the unsuccessful 1968 candidate and brother of New York City's late mayor, and Congressman Richard Ottinger, a three-term Westchester liberal. The seat is now held by Republican Charles Goodell, a former Congressman who has been trying to attract a liberal, antiwar constituency. He may now be challenged for his party's nomination...
Died. Frank Goad Clement, 49, three-term Governor of Tennessee; in an automobile accident; in Nashville, Tenn. Tall, handsome, a devout Methodist and Bible-spouting orator ("If a man finds his politics and religion don't mix, there is something wrong with his politics"), Clement won Tennessee's governorship in 1952 at the age of 32; two years later he was easily reelected. A moderate in the diehard South, he rose to national prominence as the Democratic Convention keynoter in 1956 with his "How long, America, O how long?" speech, ripping into "Vice-Hatchetman" Nixon. A third term...
Packwood, a three-term Oregon state representative, is characteristic of an ambitious type of Republican emerging at the grass roots. This month the G.O.P. in five states-California, New York, Delaware, Indiana and Iowa-gained control of both houses of legislatures that were formerly split. Particularly hard hit was California Democrat Jesse Unruh, who had hoped to use his post as speaker of the state's assembly as a springboard to the governorship in 1970 but now faces at least two years in the humbler and less visible job of minority leader...
...activist seeking his fourth term, and Montana's Tim Babcock, after a third term, were dropped by the only unifying issue of the gubernatorial contest?taxes. Chafee had endorsed a state income-tax increase from a maximum of 5% to 8% in order to bring in $35 million in much-needed revenues. His Democratic rival, Superior Court Justice Frank Licht, 52, countered with a proposed investment tax, and that turned the trick. Babcock opted for a sales tax with no exemption for ranch machinery. "Pay More? What For?" was the slogan that Montana's tough, three-term attorney general, Forrest...