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...occasionally their zeal exasperates, rather than impresses, even congressional allies. Last fall, the N.R.A. repeatedly tried to attach a bill loosening gun regulations onto a proposed, long-overdue revision of the federal criminal code. Several senatorial supporters of the N.R.A., including Republicans Paul Laxalt of Nevada and Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, were upset at the tactic, fearing that years of work on the code would be sunk by this extra weight. Neither the new code nor the N.R.A. bill ever made it to a Senate vote. Two other N.R.A. supporters, Republican Robert Dole of Kansas and Democrat Sam Nunn...
Former President Carter praised the Secret Service and said the assault showed again the need for gun control. A surprising possible convert to that cause was South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, who said he is at least willing to consider banning the importation of parts for Saturday night specials. Senator Edward Kennedy said he would again propose legislation to outlaw totally the manufacture and sale of that type of gun. But Carter noted that members of Congress "didn't move after 1963. They didn't move when George Wallace was attacked...
...School Board Member John Graham Altman described it as "a parting shot by some people who are losing their jobs shortly. Let the Government sue." Charleston politicians chose to see the crackdown in even pettier terms-as an attempt to create an embarrassment for South Carolina Republican Strom Thurmond, who will head the Senate Judiciary Committee in the 97th Congress. Thurmond agreed. Said he: "South Carolina didn't go to Carter this year, and it's a little funny that they decide to file a case only after Carter lost." Justice insisted, "The decision was based solely...
...condition of the schools. Summed up one irate school official: "They want to hear that we will come up with a plan. So we will come up with a plan for them. But when Reagan comes in and these guys are knocked out, we'll ask Senator Thurmond to help...
...served as the first Republican Governor of South Carolina in a century. He has little experience in the energy field. But James Burrows Edwards, 53, has one major credential for the job of Secretary of Energy. He is a protégé of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, who with other Southern Republicans had been complaining that Reagan had not appointed anyone from their region to his Cabinet. Edwards would like nothing better than to be unemployed by 1982, when he hopes to run for Governor again...