Word: wisconsin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Udall's 18 per cent "was hardly a crashing mandate," in the words of one major liberal Democratic activist, particularly in view of the poor competition he received from his single-digit liberal rivals. His next primaries are not until April 6, and while he may win in Wisconsin, he has a long way to go in New York. Henry Jackson is superbly organized there...
Udall has budgeted $400,000 and ten days of campaigning for New York; in contrast, he plans to spend $300,000 and campaign for ten days in Wisconsin...
...double agents, or who have been systematically wooed by the Kremlin, are being kept under tight security. But one case has been uncovered that illustrates how the Soviets work the halls of Congress. James Kappus, 29, a printing consultant in Largo, Md., became an assistant to Wisconsin Congressman Alvin E. O'Konski in 1967. At the time, O'Konski, who retired from Congress in 1973, was a member of the House Armed Services Committee. Kappus recalls how he met a charming Soviet embassy official named Boris A. Sedov and was soon being invited to Soviet embassy parties. Kappus...
...N.C.A.A. tournament that began last weekend, there is an abundance of possibilities besides fifth-ranked U.C.L.A. Marquette, in Wisconsin, and Alabama both look strong, and late-blooming Virginia knocked off three of the top teams in the country en route to its upset triumph in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament earlier this month. The East has undefeated Rutgers entered in the lists. But no team seems readier for the March 29 finals than the Hoosiers of Indiana, ranked No. 1 in the nation, undefeated in 56 consecutive regular season games and, above all, coached by Bobby Knight...
...elected term after term so that they could use the seniority system to maintain power, are retiring or dying off. Most of the leaders of the potent Senate committees are from far outside the Sunbelt: Humphrey of Minnesota, Muskie of Maine, Kennedy of Massachusetts, Church of Idaho, Proxmire of Wisconsin...