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DIED. GAYLORD NELSON, 89, three-term Democratic Senator from Wisconsin who in 1970 founded the still annual April 22 celebration of Earth Day, which sparked a decade of environmental legislation; in Kensington...
...There's a rumor that Dick Cheney may run for President in 2008. If he wins, that would make him the first three-term President since Roosevelt...
...races for mayor, the Incumbency Party captured the majority nearly everywhere. New York City's flamboyant Ed Koch joined Fiorello La Guardia (1934-45) and Robert Wagner (1954-65) as the Big Apple's only other three-term mayor in this century. Detroit's Coleman Young was re-elected to his fourth term and Cleveland's Republican Mayor George Voinovich was returned for his third term in a predominantly Democratic town. All three cities are enjoying economic revivals. Incumbent mayors also won easily in Minneapolis, Seattle, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Hartford...
DIED. HOWELL HEFLIN, 83, chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court turned three-term Senator from Alabama; in Sheffield, Ala. A conservative Democrat, he voted against the nominations of Judges Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas and was a consistent supporter of black colleges and civil rights, including fair-housing legislation and a national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King...
...study that showed the Senator agreed with President Bush about 70% of the time and aired a spot showing Daschle and Bush hugging on the floor of the House in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Still, that symbol of unity was not strong enough to keep the three-term symbol of Democratic leadership in office...