Tower Exits Prompts GOP Senate Leadership Realignment
Washington AP Tower 58, veteran chairman of Senate Armed Services, says he will quit when term ends in 1985, signaling a leadership shakeup as Republicans face tough 1984 election with 19 GOP seats up. His departure complicates retention chances, with Thurmond or Goldwater tipped to lead Armed Services if Republicans hold the Senate.
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Reagan taps daughter to help bridge gender gap in campaign
Maureen Reagan, 42, the president's eldest daughter and ERA opponent, will serve as a Republican consultant and give speeches for her father. White House spokesman Speakes said the move adds credibility and targets misconceptions among women as Reagan tours California and addresses a GOP women’s group in San Diego.
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AG OKs Non Jails For First DWI Offenders
Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan says non jail facilities may satisfy the 48 hour minimum sentence for first time drunken driving offenders. In a legal opinion to Wichita Municipal Court Judge Robert Thiessen the concept of 48 hours in a gym or armory with supervision, meals, and safety classes was deemed permissible, not a jail, but still serving confinement.
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