Word: thurmond
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...proposal has prompted an unprecedented response of over 120,000 letters, most of which are opposed to the guidelines, said Pamela Merton, legislative assistant to Sen. Strom Thurmond (R.S.C.), who opposes the guidelines...
...hand, have been strengthened in Congress, especially in the Senate. Some new right-wingers (Mississippi's Thad Cochran, Colorado's Bill Armstrong, Jepsen and Humphrey) have swelled the ranks of the old (North Carolina's Jesse Helms, Idaho's James McClure, Texas' John Tower and South Carolina's Strom Thurmond). With the defeat of Edward Brooke in Massachusetts, the Senate's only black, the waning power of the liberal Republicans has been reduced even further. Their only gain is Bill Cohen, who was elected in Maine. Led by Nevada's Paul Laxalt, the conservatives have become a formidable force...
...Carter, a product of the progressive politics that infiltrated the South in the '60s, harbors a strong desire to rid his region of old-guard conservatives and Nixonian Republicans. High on his hit list in this election were three of the most conservative Republicans: John Tower of Texas, Strom Thurmond South Carolina and Jesse Helms of Carolina. All faced strong challengers who received personal help from Carter. And all three Republicans...
...North Carolina Jesse A. Helms (R) North Dakota Ohio Too Close to Call Oklahoma George Nigh (D) David L. Boren (D) Oregon Victor Atiyeh (R) Mark O. Hatfield (R) Pennsylvania Richard Thornburgh (R) Rhode Island J. Joseph Garrahy (D) Claiborne Pell (D) South Carolina Richard W. Riley (D) Strom Thurmond (R) South Dakota William J. Janklow (R) Larry Pressler (R) Tennessee Lamar Alexander (R) Howard H. Baker Jr. (R) Texas Too Close to Call Too Close to Call Utah Vermont Richard A. Snelling (R) Virginia Too Close to Call Washington West Virginia Jennings Randolph (D) Wisconsin Lee Sherman Dreyfus...
...wonders whether to be more surprised at the blatant hypocrisy of Strom Thurmond in going after the black vote in South Carolina [Oct. 16] now that they have some power, or the naivete of the black voters who intend to support a man who, for most of his public career, considered them a political pariah. If the blacks in South Carolina truly seek justice, let them begin by distinguishing, on election day, between true concern and absolute cynicism...