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...Trudeau Cabinet members promptly gave Turner their support, and even opponents concede that he will be tough to beat. Still, Turner faces stiff competition from several seasoned Liberals, all talking trendily of "fresh approaches" and "a fresh agenda for the new times." The other contenders include Donald Johnston, 47, Economic and Regional Development Minister; Mark MacGuigan, 53, Justice Minister; and John Roberts, 50, Employment and Immigration Minister. Turner's toughest challenge could come from Minister of Energy Jean Chrétien, 50, a popular Quebecker who will announce his candidacy this week...
...more immediate threat came from an unusual alliance between two Senators who are normally opposed on oil issues. Louisiana's J. Bennett Johnston, who proudly calls himself "a friend of oil," and Ohio's Howard Metzenbaum, a persistent industry critic, united behind a bill to impose a six-month moratorium on acquisitions by the 50 largest oil companies. Because the measure would be retroactive, it could put on hold both the Socal-Gulf and Mobil-Superior deals...
Skeptical Congressmen suspect that low troop morale is the real problem. "It seems to me the situation is deteriorating, and we are losing the war," declared Democratic Senator J. Bennett Johnston, "perhaps because of the death squads and the lack of human rights in El Salvador." Replied Shultz: "I would have to just flatly disagree.' ' Some lawmakers hinted they might want to wait for the election results. If far-right Candidate Roberto d'Aubuisson wins, they say, he may scuttle efforts to extend land reforms and to crack down on the semiofficial death squads...
...probably count the unraised arms on one hand. "A lot of people who feel they've been harassed write it off as an isolated incident that's not going to happen again and then they're surprised at the number of other hands that go up," says Heather S. Johnston '86, a BSA member...
Next week the stop sign beside the guardhouse at Johnston Gate will be shortened to half its present size because the Cambridge Historical Commission has decided that it clashes aesthetically with the more than 200-year-old buildings that surround...