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That left Maryland. There, Shriver can count on Kennedy family support, but he also carries some troublesome political liabilities. Although the Shrivers have again leased Timberlawn, the 30-acre country estate in Montgomery County that they rented during Sarge's Washington days, he nonetheless faces charges of being a carpetbagger. A more serious obstacle is the fact that to run for the statehouse, Shriver must first knock off Incumbent Marvin Mandel, a fellow Democrat and the first Jewish Governor in Maryland history. Last January, the legislature chose Mandel, the longtime speaker of the House of Delegates, to fill...
Descendant of a well-to-do colonial Maryland family, Shriver does not consider himself wealthy, though he hardly has to scrimp. He rents a 30-acre estate in Rockville, Md., called "Timberlawn," just bought a house near the Kennedy summer compound in Hyannis Port for something under $200,000. As OEO director he earns $30,000, insists on better-than-average salaries for his staff- 23 top aides make more than $20,000, 40 others earn $15,000 or more. Though this has led to cracks about the "sweet smell of poverty," Shriver reasons that it takes good money...
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