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...voters of this Commonwealth have a right to vote on this question," King said, adding that "this is the only way the issue of capital punishment can be decided democratically...
ONLY 13 STATES in the nation do not allow capital punishment for convicted murderers. If Gov. Edward J. King and his legislative supporters in the Commonwealth have their way, that tally will soon drop to 12. We hope it will...
This erosion affected not only adversaries; it blighted as well relations with our friends. In August, Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore, interrupted a meeting of Commonwealth leaders in Ottawa to fly to New York for a meeting with me at Kennedy Airport. His sole purpose was to judge the impact of Watergate on U.S. foreign policy...
...arrested last week by Harvard Police for impersonating a Harvard graduate pleaded guilty Tuesday and received a two-year suspended sentence with the provision that he leave the Commonwealth and not return...
Like most lieutenant governors, O'Neill's effectiveness has depended heavily on his relationship with his boss. Elected with Michael S. Dukakis in 1974, he strengthened the Commonwealth's Washington ties and received rave reviews from conservatives and liberals for increasing the flow of federal dollars into the Massachusetts treasury...