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...chosen party chairman, said Strauss, he would be scrupulously fair. Though he had argued against many of the McGovern reforms, he pledged that he would not try to repeal them. A caucus of Democratic Governors voted to endorse him, but McGovernites held out. Westwood offered to step down if Strauss did the same so that a compromise candidate could be accepted. Strauss's backers said that they would be delighted to have Westwood resign-but beyond that, no deal...
...worried making predictions." State Representative Thomas H. D. Mahoney (D-Camb.) said yesterday, "but I don't foresee any chance (for a repeal)," he said. Mahoney supported the bill...
While the popular vote results are not binding, opponents of the bill said at the time that if the question were approved by a slim margin, they would propose a repeal during the 1973 session...
...intelligent person accepts the decision of the majority," McCann said, "and the majority has decided." McCann voted against the bill because he "thought it was moving too fast," but would not support a repeal...
...immigrant from Italy's northern Piedmont. "We had a tractor in the barn, but we didn't have enough money to buy gas," recalls Ernest. "Instead, we used four mules and worked the vineyards seven days a week from daylight to dusk." With the first stirrings of repeal, they dug up $5,900.23 in capital and set out to produce their own wine. They rented a railroad shed for $60 a month, bought a $2,000 grape crusher and redwood tanks on 90-to 180-day terms...