Vermont Delegates Vote On Major Roll Calls
Washington report records area Members of Congress on key votes from Oct 30 to Nov 5. It covers HR 10339 on direct farmer to consumer food marketing, HR 8603 postal service control, NOW accounts and lending disclosures, HR 9005 foreign aid, and an attached Food-for-Peace amendment. Jeffords (VT) voted yea on HR 10339 and nay on HR 8603 and 9005, with Leahy and Stafford voting yea on the foreign aid items. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton remarried in Botswana, then celebrated Burton’s 50th birthday in London.
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Third World
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Richard Clark
Iowa
South Vietnam
Herman Talmadage
D-Ga
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Stafford
London
UPI
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Botswana
Burton
Dorchester Hotel
Thomson backs Wyman for U S Supreme Court seat
Gov. Meldrim Thomson urged President Ford to appoint Louis C. Wyman to replace retiring Justice William O. Douglas. Wyman, a five term congressman and former New Hampshire attorney general, was defeated in a Senate rerun bid against Sen. John Durkin.
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Selecting a new justice is a tricky political game
Washington reports that choosing a Supreme Court justice remains a political tightrope since the 1930s and Ford faces scrutiny from both Republican wings. Conservatives eye Reagan, moderates and liberals disapprove of Ford’s economy and energy stance, while Senate confirmation hinges on bipartisan politics and perceptions of nonpartisanship.
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Quotes from Justice Douglas on liberty and press
Excerpts from UPI on Justice William C. Douglas reveal views on the Constitution and Bill of Rights limiting government power, dangers of surveillance, and the First Amendment as essential for equal time of viewpoints. It reflects his opinions on marriage, roots in Goose Prairie, and critiques of big business and censorship.
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