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...year ago, it looked as if there would be no real race. Mark Odom Hatfield, 44, the trim, Hollywood-handsome Republican Governor, seemed assured of election to the U.S. Sen ate seat of retiring Democrat Maurine Neuberger. Hatfield has eight solidly progressive years behind him in the Salem stalehouse, is well known and well liked throughout the state, and is one of the G.O.P.'s most talked about prospects for national office. Then, last July, his constituents learned that Hatfield had re fused for the second year running to support a motion endorsing the Administration's Viet...
Pickrick Drumsticks. Democratic strategists made no secret of their fear that the outbursts could help trim their majorities in November. "If the rioting doesn't fade away-indeed, if there's renewed violence in the streets-it will hurt us," declared Vice President Hubert Humphrey as he stumped California and three other Western states. Just how much it might hurt Democratic prospects was demonstrated on the other side of the continent the same day. In Georgia, moderate former Governor Ellis Arnall entered a runoff for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination as a heavy favorite against Lester Maddox, a strident...
...state park program, hundreds of fairgoers strolled past with hardly a backward look. With a touch of sadness, Pat shouted at them "It's important that you know about this. You put your money in taxes, and this is what we do with it." Though he is trim and tanned and tips the scales at precisely the same weight-185 Ibs.-as Reagan, the Governor impresses many young voters as a somewhat befuddled fogy by comparison with his opponent...
...hired women as butchers to supplement its draft-depleted supply of manpower. Pittsburgh copper fabricators have had so much of their output pre-empted by the Pentagon that they cannot meet civilian demand for plumbing equipment. Appliance manufacturers, hoping that buyers will not notice the difference, have begun to trim a few inches off their electrical cords. Shoemakers have cut back production of cowboy boots to devote full time to combat boots. These are just a few of the many stresses, strains and changes that have been caused-or aggravated-by the Viet...
...part, Board of Trade President Douglas Jay, whose own hearing on the case starts next month, pronounced himself "in general agreement" with the commission. With that prejudgment in prospect, P. & G. and Lever will almost certainly be forced to cut their ad budgets-and perhaps to trim prices by as much...