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Hart was backed for the job by, among others, Republican Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a Senator who is not known for his deep concern about blacks or civil rights. Explained E. Pendleton James, the White House director of personnel: "We wanted a representative of Moral Majority conservative blacks." Hart's approval by the Senate is now in doubt because of objections being raised by both Senators from his home state...
Memorial Service--for William Thurmond Graham, AB 1960, AM 1970, PhD 1974; Appleton Chapel...
Supporters of the law are preparing for a more difficult fight in the Senate, which is scheduled to consider the extension in January. There the Judiciary Committee is headed by South Carolina Republican Strom Thurmond, who has argued for loosening the act. Whether he succeeds may depend on what position the President finally takes...
...week there were celebrations, formal and informal, public and private, to mark O'Connor's triumph. Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who guided the confirmation vote from his position as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, gave a candlelit dinner in her honor at a Pakistani restaurant. In marked contrast to the spicy food in front of them, Nancy Thurmond, the Senator's wife, offered a dulcet toast to O'Connor as "the best thing to come down the pike since Girl Scout cookies." On Thursday, at a ceremony in the Rose Garden honoring federal district...
...with Justice lawyers in Washington, the nominee relaxed a bit by whomping up a batch of tacos for her coaches in Attorney General William French Smith's private kitchen. Escorted to the hearings on the impeccably conservative arms of Arizona's Barry Goldwater and Judiciary Chairman Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, she had prepared answers to every conceivable question...