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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 42, folder \"Republican Governors Association -\nMiscellaneous\" of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nSome items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted\nmaterials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to\nthese materials.\nDigitized from Box 42 of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\n310 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003\nPhone: (202) 484-6620\nChairman\nVice Chairman\nHONORABLE CHRISTOPHER S. BOND\nHONORABLE ARCH A. MOORE, JR.\nGovernor of Missouri\nGovernor of West Virginia\nApril 11, 1975\nMEMORANDUM TO: Republican Governors and Key Staff\nFROM:\nRobert Witt\nDirector of Public Relations\nEnclosed, please find several informational pieces which\nshould be inserted in your RGA Communications '75 notebook. This\nmailing includes the following:\n1/ An updated list of the Republican Governors and\ntheir key staff.\n2/ An updated list of Republican State Offices in\nWashington, D.C.\n3/ A list of the 1976/ 1977 Gubernatorial elections.\n4/ A New York Times reprint concerning the Radio\nFairness Doctrine.\nThis material should prove a handy reference. For future use,\neach item should be inserted in the appropriate section of your\nRGA Communications '75 notebook.\nIf you have any questions concerning the material sent you, please\ngive me a call at our Washington office, (202) 484-6620.\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\n310 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003\nPhone: (202) 484-6620\nChairman\nVice Chairman\nHONORABLE CHRISTOPHER S. BOND\nHONORABLE ARCH A. MOORE, JR.\nGovernor of Missouri\nGovernor of West Virginia\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS AND KEY ASSISTANTS\nAmerican Samoa\nHonorable Earl B. Ruth\nRichard Berg\nGovernor of American Samoa\nAssistant\nGovernment House\nPago Pago, American Samoa 96799\nNeil Corbett\n633-4116 (call overseas operator)\nPress Contact\nAlaska\nHonorable Jay S. Hammond\nRobert Palmer\nGovernor of Alaska\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nJuneau, Alaska 99801\nScott Foster\n(907) 465-3500\nPress Contact\nIndiana\nHonorable Otis R. Bowen\nWilliam Lloyd\nGovernor of Indiana\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nIndianapolis, Indiana 46204\nWilliam Watt\n(317) 633-4567\nPress Contact\nIowa\nHonorable Robert D. Ray\nWythe Willey\nGovernor of Iowa\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nDes Moines, Iowa 50319\nDick Gilbert\n(515) 281-5211\nPress Contact\nKansas\nHonorable Robert F. Bennett\nPat Storey\nGovernor of Kansas\nAssistant\nCapitol Building\nTopeka, Kansas 66612\nLeroy Towns\n(913) 296-3232\nPress Contact\n4/1/75\n(over)\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS AND KEY ASSISTANTS\nPAGE TWO\nMichigan\nHonorable William G. Milliken\nGeorge Weeks\nGovernor of Michigan\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nLansing, Michigan 48903\nGeorge Weeks\n(517) 373-3410\nPress Contact\nMissouri\nHonorable Christopher S. Bond\nBruce Blomgren\nGovernor of Missouri\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nJefferson City, Missouri 65101\nHugh Sprague\n(314) 751-3222\nPress Contact\nNew Hampshire\nHonorable Meldrim Thomson, Jr.\nFrederick Goode\nGovernor of New Hampshire\nAssistant\nState House\nConcord, New Hampshire 03301\nJoe Zellner\n(603) 271-2121\nPress Contact\nNorth Carolina\nHonorable James E. Holshouser, Jr.\nGene Anderson\nGovernor of North Carolina\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nRaleigh, North Carolina 27611\nJack Childs\n(919) 829-5811\nPress Contact\nOhio\nHonorable James A. Rhodes\nThomas Moyer\nGovernor of Ohio\nAssistant\nState House\nColumbus, Ohio 43215\nChan Cochran\n(614) 466-3526\nPress Contact\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS AND KEY ASSISTANTS\nPAGE THREE\nSouth Carolina\nHonorable James B. Edwards\nMarshall Cain\nGovernor of South Carolina\nAssistant\nState House\nColumbia, South Carolina 29201\nRobert G. Liming\n(803) 758-3261\nPress Contact\nVirginia\nHonorable Mills E. Godwin, Jr.\nBruce C. Miller\nGovernor of Virginia\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nRichmond, Virginia 23219\nJohn H. Wessells, Jr.\n(804) 770-2211\nPress Contact\nWashington\nHonorable Daniel J. Evans\nJames M. Dolliver\nGovernor of Washington\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nOlympia, Washington 98501\nJay Frederickson\n(206) 753-6780\nPress Contact\nWest Virginia\nHonorable Arch A. Moore, Jr.\nThomas Craig\nGovernor of West Virginia\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nCharleston, West Virginia 25305\nNorman Yost\n(304) 348-2000\nPress Contact\nB.FOYS\n&\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\n310 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003\nPhone: (202) 484-6620\nChairman\nVice Chairman\nHONORABLE CHRISTOPHER S. BOND\nHONORABLE ARCH A. MOORE, JR.\nGovernor of Missouri\nGovernor of West Virginia\nREPUBLICAN STATE OFFICES IN WASHINGTON, D.C.\nIndiana (202) 543-2042\nOhio (202) 223-1725\nMr. Donald Newman\nColonel Thomas J. Grant\nDirector, Indiana Liaison Office\nDirector, Washington Office\n422 First Street, S.E., Suite 202\nState of Ohio\nWashington, D.C. 20003\n1730 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Suite 205\nWashington, D.C. 20036\nMichigan (202) 872-8550\nSouth Carolina (202) 785-1323\nMr. William Nugent\nDirector, Washington Office\nMr. Tony Jurich\nState of Michigan\nDirector, Washington Office\n1150 17th Street, N.W., Suite 609\nState of South Carolina\nWashington, D.C. 20036\n1620 Eye Street, N.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20006\nNorth Carolina (202) 452-0515\nWashington (202) 254-7030\nMrs. Renee Stewart\nNorth Carolina, Washington Office\nMr. George Bullock\n1100 17th Street, N.W., Suite 401\nAssistant to Governor Daniel Evans\nWashington, D.C. 20036\nof Washington\nPacific Northwest Regional Commission\n2435 Virginia Avenue, N.W.\nWashington, D.C. 20036\n4-1-75\nCHAIRMAN\nRGA:\nGOVERNOR CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Mo.\nVICE CHAIRMAN\n8\nCampaign\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE, JR., W.VA.\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\n310 FIRST STREET, S.E., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003\nJAMES R. GALBRAITH\n202\n484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\n1976 - 1977 ELECTION GUIDE\n1976 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION\nIn 1976 Fifteen States and Puerto Rico will elect\nGovernors. This information, from Secretaries of\nState and State election boards, is accurate as of\nApril, 1975.\nArkansas\nFiling dates: Noon, March 6, 1976 through Noon, April 6, 1976.\nPrimary: May 25, 1976.\nPrimary Runoff: June 8, 1976.\nGeneral Election: November 2, 1976.\nDelaware\nNot available, legislation is pending.\nIllinois\nNot yet available. Legislation has been introduced to change filing\nand primary election dates. Also, Illinois will elect a Governor,\nin 1976, to an interim 2-year term. This constitutional change was\npassed in an effort to coordinate statewide elections into non-\nPresidential election years.\nIndiana\nFiling deadline: March 15, 1976.\nPrimary: May 4, 1976.\nGeneral Election: November 2, 1976.\n(over)\n75-ca-3\n1976-77 ELECTION GUIDE\nPAGE TWO\nLouisiana*\n*Note dates carefully.\nAugust 2, 1975: State Central Committees meet to qualify candidates.\nAugust 9, 1975: Deadline for candidate qualification.\nPrimary: November 1, 1975.\nPrimary Runoff: December 13, 1975.\nGeneral Election: January 27, 1976.\nMissouri\nFiling deadline: April 27, 1976.\nPrimary: August 3, 1976.\nGeneral Election: November 2, 1976.\nMontana\nFiling deadline: April 22, 1976.\nPrimary: June 1, 1976.\nGeneral Election: November 2, 1976.\nNew Hampshire\nFiling deadline: to be set by Attorney General. The deadline\nmust be within 74 days preceeding the primary election.\nPrimary: September 14, 1976.\nGeneral Election: November 2, 1976.\nNorth Carolina\nVarious pieces of legislation are pending in the General Assembly\nwhich could change election dates in North Carolina.\nNorth Dakota\nAction by state legislature may change dates. Information should\nbe available mid-May, 1975. Telephone (701) 224-2900.\nRhode Island\nFiling dates: June 1-10, 1976.\nPrimary: September 14, 1976.\nGeneral Election: November 2, 1976.\n(more)\n1976-77 ELECTION GUIDE\nPAGE THREE\nUtah\nFiling dates: April 15 - May 10, 1976.\nPrimary: September 14, 1976.\nGeneral Election: November 2, 1976.\nNOTE: In Utah, Party nominating conventions are set\nby the individual political parties, but must be\nheld in June or July. The two candidates receiving\nthe greatest number of delegate votes are then placed\non the primary election ballot. Should a candidate\nreceive more than 70% of the delegate votes in a\nnominating convention, that individual becomes the\nofficial candidate.\nVermont\nFiling deadline: August 4, 1976.\nPrimary: September 14, 1976.\nGeneral Election: November 2, 1976.\nWashington\nFiling dates: July 26-30, 1976.\nPrimary: September 21, 1976.\nGeneral Election: November 2, 1976.\nWest Virginia\nFiling dates: January 5 - February 7, 1976.\nPrimary: May 11, 1976.\nGeneral Election: November 2, 1976.\nPuerto Rico\nDeadline for nominating candidates: April 30, 1976.\nPrimary election: July 11, 1976.\nGeneral election: November 2, 1976.\nNOTE: Candidates are choosen by the political parties in\nnominating conventions. If a single candidate is\nnot choosen, the top contenders are placed on the\nPrimary election ballot.\n(over)\n1976-77 ELECTION GUIDE\nPAGE FOUR\n1977 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS\nNew Jersey\nFiling deadline - not yet set, see RGA 1975 election information\nmailed earlier.\nPrimary election day probably will be the last Thursday in April.\nVirginia\nFiling deadline - April 11, 1977.\nPrimary election day is June 10, 1977.\n# # #\nRGA:\nCHAIRMAN\nGOVERNOR CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Mo.\nPublic Relations\nVICE CHAIRMAN\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE, JR., W.VA.\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\n310 FIRST STREET, S.E., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003\nJAMES R. GALBRAITH\n202\n484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1975\nReported Political Use of Radio Fairness Doctrine\nUnder Kennedy and Johnson Is Causing Concern\nBy LES BROWN\nwere critical of Administration\nmentator who was involved in\nNational Committee, and his\nA report yesterday that the\ngoals.\nthat case and who describes\nrequest for air time to defend\nThe clandestine campaigns,\nKennedy and Johnson Adminis-\nhimself as \"an extreme right-\nhimself was at the behest of\nwhich reportedly began in\nwinger,\" remarked in a tele-\ntrations had carried on orga-\n1963, were also designed to\nphone interview from Los An-\nthe committee and was written\nnized, covert campaigns to har-\ninhibit stations from carrying\ngeles that he believed political\nwith the help of its lawyers.\nass unsympathetic radio com-\ncommentary supporting Sena-\nmisbehavior has doomed the\nMoreover, he had been paid\nmentators dismayed experts in\ntor Barry Goldwater, Republi-\nfairness doctrine. \"I want to\nby the committee for writing\ncommunications law, most of\ncan of Arizona, at the time\nbe there for the funeral,\" he\nmaterial for the program series\nthe was a prospective Presiden-\nsaid.\nwhom said they were con-\ntial candidate.\n\"Spotlight,\" which was used\nMr Harvis whose daily\nALL\nWinter Conference\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS\nASSOCIATION\nNOVEMBER 20-22, 1975\nREPUBLICAN\nASSOCIATION\nGovernor CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri\nCHAIRMAN\nGovernor ARCH A. MOORE, Jr., West Virginia\nVICE-CHAIRMAN\nGovernor ROBERT F. BENNETT, Kansas\nHOST GOVERNOR\nFORD & LIBRARY 0.E.ALD\nALASKA\nAMERICAN SAMOA\nTHE OF STATE HILL\nOF\nALASKA\nInaugurated December, 1974\nInaugurated February, 1975\nJAY S. HAMMOND\nTerm will expire December, 1978\nTerm indefinite\nEARL B. RUTH\nJAY S. HAMMOND, born in Troy, New York, July 21, 1922. B.S., University of\nEARL B. RUTH, born in Spencer, North Carolina, February 7, 1916. A.B., Uni-\nAlaska, 1948. Married; two daughters. Businessman. Served as fighter pilot in U.S.\nversity of North Carolina, 1938; M.A., 1942; Ph.D., 1955. Married; one son, three\nMarine Corps during World War II. Public offices include: Member, State House\ndaughters. Educator. Served as lieutenant in U.S. Navy, 1942-45. Public offices\nof Representatives, 1959-65; Manager, Bristol Bay Borough, 1965-67; Member,\ninclude: Member, Salisbury City Council; Mayor Pro Tem, 1967-68; Member,\nState Senate, 1967-72; Mayor, Bristol Bay Borough, 1972-74; Governor of Alaska\nU.S. House of Representatives, 1969-75; Governor of American Samoa since\nsince December, 1974. Member of Alaska Humanities Forum; International North\nFebruary, 1975. Past board member, YMCA; Past President, National Sportscasters\nPacific Fisheries Convention Advisory Committee; Joint Federal-State Land Use\nand Sportswriters Awards Program; Member, American Legion, Civitan, and Elks.\nPlanning Advisory Committee; Alaska Airmen's Association, Inc.; Veterans of\nPresbyterian. Republican.\nForeign Wars; and National Rifle Association. Protestant. Republican.\nBELLA HAMMOND\nJANE RUTH\nINDIANA\nIOWA\nSTATE\nOF\nTHE\nSEAL\nSELVES\nTHE\n1810\nInaugurated January, 1969\nInaugurated January, 1973\nRe-elected November, 1970, 1972, 1974\nTerm will expire January, 1977\nOTIS R. BOWEN\nTerm will expire January, 1979\nROBERT D. RAY\nOTIS R. BOWEN, born near Rochester, Indiana, February 26, 1918. B.A. (1939)\nROBERT D. RAY, born in Des Moines, Iowa, September 26, 1928. Graduate of\nand M.D. (1942), Indiana University. Married; three sons, one daughter. Physician.\nDrake University Law School; recipient of numerous honorary degrees. Married;\nServed as Captain in U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II. Public\nthree daughters. Attorney. Served in 1st Cavalry of U.S. Army. Public offices\noffices include: County Coroner, 1952-56; Member, State House of Representatives,\ninclude: Republican State Chairman, 1963-67; Governor of Iowa since January,\n1957-58 and 1961-73; Speaker, 1967-73; Chairman, Legislative Council, 1970\n1969. President, Alpha Kappa Psi, Omicron Delta Kappa; Member, Alpha Zeta;\nand 1972; Governor of Indiana since January, 1973. Recipient in 1971 of Indiana\nFormer Chairman, March of Dimes of Iowa; Member, Polk County and American\nPublic Health Association Merit Award and Indiana University School of Medicine\nBar Associations; Member, American Trial Lawyers and Iowa Academy of Trial\nAlumnus of the Year Award. Member of Indiana and American Medical\nLawyers; Member, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Hon-\nAssociations; Indiana University Medical Alumni Council; Kiwanis Club; Chamber\norary Advisor, National Boy Scout Council. Recipient, National Distinguished\nof Commerce; Alpha Omega Alpha; Phi Beta Pi; Delta Chi. Lutheran. Republican.\nService Award, Future Farmers of America; Distinguished Alumnus Award, Drake\nUniversity; Order of the Coif, Drake University Law School. Member, National\nGovernors' Conference Executive Committee, 1970-71, 1974-75. Vice Chairman,\nMidwestern Governors' Conference, 1971-72; Chairman, 1972-73. Disciples of\nChrist. Republican.\nELIZABETH BOWEN\n\"Beth\"\nBILLIE LEE RAY\n\"Billie\"\nKANSAS\nMICHIGAN\nTHE\nTO\nSTATE\nTHE\nor\nKANSA\nSTATE 10 TV RS OF or MICHIGAN GREAT 3HL\nhann\nJANUARY29\nSucceeded to office January, 1969\nInaugurated January, 1975\nElected November, 1970, 1974\nROBERT F. BENNETT\nTerm will expire January, 1979\nTerm will expire January, 1979\nWILLIAM G. MILLIKEN\nROBERT F. BENNETT, born in Johnson County, Kansas, May 23, 1927. A.B.,\nWILLIAM G. MILLIKEN, born in Traverse City, Michigan, March 26, 1922.\nUniversity of Kansas, 1950; LL.B., 1952. Married; one son, three daughters.\nGraduate of Yale University; honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from University\nAttorney. U.S. Marine Corps, World War II and Korean War. Public offices\nof Michigan, Central Michigan University, Detroit Institute of Technology and\ninclude: Prairie Village City Council, 1955-57; Mayor, City of Prairie Village,\nEastern Michigan University. Married; one son, one daughter. President of J. W.\n1957-65; State Senator, 1965-74; President of Senate, 1973-74; Governor of\nMilliken, Inc., department stores. Combat flier with fifty missions in World War II;\nKansas since January, 1975. Past President, Kansas League of Municipalities;\nawarded Purple Heart, Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, European Ribbon\nformer Secretary-Treasurer, Executive Council of Kansas Bar Association. Mem-\nwith three battle stars. Public offices include: Member, Michigan Senate, 1960-64;\nber of Kansas, Missouri, and American Bar Associations; Old Mission Lodge,\nMajority Floor Leader, 1963-64; Lieutenant Governor, 1965-68; succeeded to\nAF&AM. Presbyterian. Republican.\noffice of Governor, January, 1969, to fill vacancy created by resignation of\nGovernor George Romney. Member of Board of Counselors, Smith College,\nNorthampton, Massachusetts; former member, Michigan Waterways Commission.\nChairman, Republican Governors' Association, 1972. Member, National Gover-\nnors' Conference Executive Committee, 1973-74; Chairman, Committee on Rural\nand Urban Development, 1975. Vice Chairman, Midwestern Governors' Con-\nference, 1973-74; Chairman, 1974-75. Congregationalist. Republican.\nOLIVIA BENNETT\nHELEN MILLIKEN\nMISSOURI\nNEW HAMPSHIRE\nTHE\nSTATE STATE OF OF GREAT MISSOURI THE\nSTATE JHL-JO.TV HAMPSHIRE\n*1776\nInaugurated January, 1973\nInaugurated January, 1973\nRe-elected November, 1974\nCHRISTOPHER S. BOND\nTerm will expire January, 1977\nTerm will expire January, 1977\nMELDRIM THOMSON, JR.\nCHRISTOPHER S. BOND, born in St. Louis, Missouri, March 6, 1939. Graduate,\nMELDRIM THOMSON, JR., born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1912. Attended\nPrinceton University, 1960; University of Virginia Law School, 1963; honorary\nMercer University; LL.B., University of Georgia. Married; four sons, two daugh-\nDoctor of Laws degrees from Westminster College and William Jewell College.\nters. Publisher. Public offices include: School Board Chairman; Member, Con-\nMarried. Attorney. Public offices include: Clerk, United States Court of Appeals\nstitutional Convention; Governor of New Hampshire since January, 1973. Vice\nfor the Fifth Circuit, 1963-64; Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, 1969-70;\nChairman, New England Governors' Conference, 1974. Congregationalist.\nState Auditor, 1971-73; Governor of Missouri since January, 1973. Recipient,\nRepublican.\nJaycees One of Ten Outstanding Young Men of America, 1974. Trustee, School\nof the Ozarks; past Director, Missouri Association for Social Welfare and Audrain\nCounty Cerebral Palsy School. Member of Jaycees, Optimists, Omicron Delta\nKappa, Order of the Coif. Chairman, Republican Governors Association, 1974-\n75. Member, National Governors' Conference Executive Committee, 1974-75.\nPresbyterian. Republican.\nCAROLYN BOND\nGALE THOMSON\nNORTH CAROLINA\nOHIO\nOF NE STATE\nOF\nSEAL\nTHE\nSEAL\nSTATE\nGREAT\nGREAT\nOF\nTHE\nDEPARTMENT\nTHE\nOIHO\n(\nInaugurated January, 1963\nRe-elected November, 1966\nTerm expired January, 1971\nInaugurated January, 1973\nInaugurated January, 1975\nJAMES E. HOLSHOUSER, JR.\nTerm will expire January, 1977\nTerm will expire January, 1979\nJAMES A. RHODES\nJAMES E. HOLSHOUSER, JR., born in Boone, North Carolina, October 8, 1934.\nJAMES ALLEN RHODES, born in Coalton, Ohio, September 13, 1909. Attended\nGraduate of Davidson College and University of North Carolina Law School.\nOhio State University; honorary degrees from Heidelberg, Rio Grande, Steuben-\nMarried; one daughter. Attorney. Public offices include: Member, State House of\nville and Otterbein Colleges, and Miami, Akron, Capital, Youngstown, Wilberforce,\nRepresentatives, 1962-66, 1968-73; Governor of North Carolina since January,\nToledo, Cincinnati, Ohio State and Ohio Universities. Married; three daughters.\n1973. Member of American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1969; North\nBusinessman. Public offices include: Member, Columbus Board of Education,\nCarolina Bar Association. National and state winner, Jaycees Freedom Guard\n1937-39; City Auditor, Columbus, 1940-44; Mayor of Columbus, 1944-53; State\nAward, 1971. Member, National Governors' Conference Executive Committee,\nAuditor, 1953-63; Governor of Ohio, 1963-71 and since January, 1975. Member,\n1973-75. Chairman, Southern Regional Education Board, 1974-75. Presbyterian.\nUnited States Olympic Committee; organizer, Knot Hole Gang; founder, National\nRepublican.\nCaddie Association, Columbus Boys' Club, All-American Newspaperboys Sports\nScholarship; President, Amateur Athletic Union; represented the United States at\nthe 1948 Olympic Games in London; founder of the Pan American Games. State\nChairman, Cancer Crusade, 1959, and Easter Seal Campaign, 1962; Trustee Emer-\nitus, Rio Grande College; Chairman, National Advisory Council for Vocational\nEducation. Member, National Governors' Conference Executive Committee, 1963-\n64, 1966-67. Vice Chairman, Midwestern Governors' Conference, 1965-66; Chair-\nman, 1966-67. Presbyterian. Republican.\nPATRICIA HOLSHOUSER\nHELEN RHODES\nSOUTH CAROLINA\nVIRGINIA\nVIRGINIA\nSPES\nInaugurated January, 1966\nTerm expired January, 1970\nInaugurated January, 1975\nInaugurated January, 1974\nJAMES B. EDWARDS\nTerm will expire January, 1979\nTerm will expire January, 1978\nMILLS E. GODWIN, JR.\nJAMES B. EDWARDS, born in Hawthorne, Florida, June 24, 1927. B.S., College of\nMILLS E. GODWIN, JR., born in Nansemond County, Virginia, November 19, 1914.\nCharleston, 1950; D.M.D., University of Louisville, 1955. Married; one son, one\nLL.B., University of Virginia, 1938; LL.D. (hon.), Elon, Roanoke, and Elmira\ndaughter. Dentist. Officer in U.S. Maritime Service, 1944-47; U.S. Navy, 1955-57.\nColleges, College of William and Mary, and Washington and Lee University. Mar-\nPublic offices include: Member, Federal Hospital Council, 1969-73; State Senate,\nried. Attorney and farm operator; F.B.I. special agent, 1942-46. Public offices\n1973-75; Governor of South Carolina since January, 1975. Past Director, Coastal\ninclude: Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney, 1938-42; member, State House of\nCarolina Boy Scouts; Past member, Board of Trustees, Charleston County Hospital\nDelegates, 1948-52; Senate, 1952-60; Lieutenant Governor, 1962-66; Governor of\nand Greater Charleston YMCA; Past member, Sertoma International and Advisory\nVirginia, 1966-70, and since January, 1974. Board member, Elon and Virginia\nCouncil to the Dean, College of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South\nWesleyan Colleges and Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation. Recipient of\nCarolina. Member, Board of Trustees, College Preparatory School, and Baker\nspecial awards from Suffolk and Nansemond County, Virginia Chamber of Com-\nHospital, Charleston, South Carolina. Member of Executive Committee, Alumni\nmerce, National Guard and Education Association. Past President, Ruritan Na-\nAssociation, College of Charleston; Charleston Council of the Navy League of\ntional; member of Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Raven Society and\nthe U.S.; Delta Sigma Delta; Pi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta;\nMasons. Member, National Governors' Conference Executive Committee, 1967-69.\nMason; Order of AHEPA, and numerous professional organizations. Methodist.\nVice Chairman, Southern Governors' Conference, 1968-69, 1974-75. Chairman,\nRepublican.\nSouthern Regional Education Board, 1968-69. Congregational Christian.\nRepublican.\nANN EDWARDS\nKATHERINE GODWIN\nWASHINGTON\nWEST VIRGINIA\nWEST\nSTATE\nOF\nSEAL OF THE THE OF\nSTATE\nVIRGINIA\nSEMPER\n1889\nInaugurated January, 1969\nInaugurated January, 1965\nRe-elected November, 1972\nRe-elected November, 1968, 1972\nTerm will expire January, 1977\nDANIEL J. EVANS\nTerm will expire January, 1977\nARCH A. MOORE, JR.\nDANIEL JACKSON EVANS, born in Seattle, Washington, October 16, 1925. B.S. and\nARCH A. MOORE, JR., born in Moundsville, West Virginia, April 16, 1923. B.A. in\nM.S., University of Washington, 1948 and 1949. Married; three sons. Civil and\nPolitical Science (1948) and LL.B. (1951), West Virginia University; also attended\nStructural Engineer. Served as Naval officer in Pacific Theatre during World War\nLafayette College. Married; one son, two daughters. Attorney. World War II\nII and in Korean War; Admiral's aide at peace negotiations at Panmunjom; dis-\nveteran; Recipient of Purple Heart; Combat Infantryman's Badge; European Cam-\ncharged as Lieutenant, Senior Grade, in 1953. Public offices include: Member,\npaign Ribbon with three Battle Stars. Public offices include: Member, West\nWashington House of Representatives, 1956-64; House Minority Floor Leader,\nVirginia House of Delegates, 1953-56; Member, United States House of Repre-\n1960-64; Governor of Washington since January, 1965. Member, Washington\nsentatives, 1957-68 (served as Ranking Republican Member of numerous House\nState Society of Professional Engineers and American Society of Civil Engineers.\nCommittees); Governor of West Virginia since January, 1969. Member of Ameri-\nMember, National Governors' Conference Executive Committee, 1966-67, 1973-\ncan Bar Association, American Judicature Association and Phi Delta Phi Legal\n75; Chairman, Committee on Constitutional Revision and General Government\nFraternity. Member of many fraternal, commercial, public service and veterans'\nOrganization, 1966-68; Chairman, Committee on Executive Management and\norganizations. Member, National Governors' Conference Executive Committee,\nFiscal Affairs, 1969; Chairman, Committee on Transportation, Commerce, and\n1969-70. Chairman, National Governors' Conference, 1971-72. Methodist.\nTechnology, 1969-72. Vice Chairman, Western Governors' Conference, 1967-68;\nRepublican.\nChairman, 1968-69. Chairman, National Governors' Conference, 1973-74. Con-\ngregationalist. Republican.\nSHELLEY MOORE\nNANCY EVANS\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\n310 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003\nPhone: (202) 484-6620\nChairman\nVice Chairman\nHONORABLE ARCH A. MOORE, JR.\nHONORABLE ROBERT F. BENNETT\nGovernor of West Virginia\n1976 OCT 15 PM 4 34\nGovernor of Kansas\nOctober 14, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO: Members and Friend of the Republican Governors Association\nFROM:\nRobert Witt\nDirector of Public Relations\nM\nRE:\nEnclosed Informational Materials\nEnclosed, please find a current issue of RGA Headlines and other informa-\ntional materials. Beside the newsletter, I am forwarding the following:\n1. The biographical sketches and photos of the remaining Republican\ngubernatorial candidates. (other candidates' biographies were mailed\nearlier)\n2. Reprinted news articles concerning some of our gubernatorial races\naround the nation.\nAs Election '76 nears, I hope the enclosed news and reference materials\nwill prove useful. If you need further information, don't hesitate to give me\na call.\nFORD if LIBRARY GERALD\n101524\nREPUBLICAN\nERNORS GOV\nRGA Headlines\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\n310 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 Phone: (202)484-6620\nVolume 1 No. 4\nChairman\nExecutive Director\nHONORABLE ARCH A. MOORE JR.\nGovernor of West Virginia\nRalph E. Griffith\nVice Chairman\nHONORABLE ROBERT F. BENNETT\nPublic Relations Director\nGovernor of Kansas\nRobert W. Witt\nOctober, 1976\nWASHINGTON, D.C.--Fourteen strong Republican nominees have now been selected\nfor the gubernatorial races in November. The final GOP gubernatorial primary for 1976\nwas held in the State of Washington on September 21. County Executive John Spellman\nwon the primary in a good, hard contest with County Assessor Harley Hoppe.\nFormer chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Dixy Lee Ray, was leading for\nthe Democrat nomination at the time this newsletter was written. Dr. Ray was known as\n\"The Godmother\" within the AEC shop when she was there. The Spellman campaign is\nexpected to determine the significance of that.\nHere is a list of the GOP gubernatorial and campaign addresses: Leon Griffith, Rt. 7,\nBox 160, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 71603; U.S. Representative Pierre (Pete) du Pont IV,\nP.O. Box 7600, Wilmington, Delaware, 19899; James Thompson, 110 South Dearborn\nStreet, Chicago, Illinois, 60603; Governor Otis R. Bowen, 1308 North Meridian Street,\nIndianapolis, Indiana 46204; Governor Christopher S. Bond, 421 Monroe Street,\nJefferson City, Missouri 65101; Robert Woodahl, P.O. Box 3032, Great Falls, Montana,\n59403; Governor Meldrim Thomson, New Hampshire Highway Hotel, Room 210,\nConcord, New Hampshire, 03301; David Flaherty, P.O. Box GOV, Raleigh, North\nCarolina, 37609; Richard Elkin, 202 ½ Third Street, Bismarck, North Dakota; James L.\nTaft, 142 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903; Attorney General\nVermon Romney, 1558 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111; Richard Snelling,\nBox 76, Montpelier, Vermont, 05602; John Spellman, P.O. box 1991, Seattle,\nWashington, 98111, and Cecil h. Underwood, 100 Union Building, Charleston, West\nVirginia, 25301.\nWASHINGTON, D.C.--RGA Vice Chairman Robert Bennett, Governor of Kansas and\nSouth Carolina Governor James Edwards were among the panel of four of the nation's\nGovernors on the October 3 edition of ABC television's \"Issues And Answers.\" Bennett\nand Edwards pointed out that President Ford is taking the lead in improving and\nstabilizing the economy despite the free-spending efforts of the Democratic Congress.\nHosted by moderator Bob Clark, the discussion covered problems faced by the states\nand the campaign issues, \"Issues And Answers\" is aired on approximately 180\ntelevision stations and 1,400 radio stations.\nWASHINGTON, D.C.--Plans are moving head for the annual Republican Governors\nAssociation Conference which is scheduled for November 28, 29 and 30 at the Hyatt\nRegency Hotel in Washington, D.C.. A strong program, coming as the first major\npolitical gathering after the 1976 elections, will make this one of the most exciting and\nproductive conferences the RGA has held in recent years. Plan now to attend.\nAMERICAN SAMOA--Governor Earl B. Ruth of American Samoa resigned, effective\nOctober 1 and will return to the mainland for work with the Department of the Interior.\nThe former member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina\nwas appointed to the civil service position in American Samoa by former Secretary of the\nInterior Rogers C. B. Morton.\nLt. Governor Frank Barnett, appointed by the Secretary at the same time of the Ruth\nappointment, is acting Governor and will hold that title until civil service paperwork is\ncompleted. Both men received U.S. Senate confirmation. Barnett was executive\nassistant to former Governor Winfield Dunn of Tennessee.\nover\nSOUTH CAROLINA--Governor James B. Edwards is leaving South Carolina\nNovember 3 with approximately 20 business and industrial leaders from the Palmetto\nState to make an industrial development tour of the Far East. Planned Stops on the three\nweek trip will include South Korea, Japan, Nationalist China, Hong Kong and\nSingapore. Later in the month, Governor Edwards will visit Israel as a guest of the Israeli\ngovernment.\nGovernor Edwards announced recently the receipt of more than $5.5 million in federal\nLaw Enforcement Assistance Administration funds. These funds are earmarked to\nimprove all aspects of law enforcement and to upgrade criminal jústice programs in\nSouth Carolina. One of the larger portions of the grant was $600,000 to improve and\nbuild youth service centers in two South Carolina cities.\nILLINOIS-Jim Thompson is continuing his aggressive campaign for the Governorship\nin the Prairie State with meetings and appearances before citizen groups around the\nstate. A recent poll in the Chicago Tribune shows Thompson holding a nearly two to one\nlead over the Democratic challenger.\nNORTH DAKOTA--Mary Louise Smith, Chairman of the Republican National\nCommittee spent October 8 and 9 in North Dakota, campaigning for Richard Elkin, the\nGOP gubernatorial candidate. Mary Louise stressed the outstanding qualities of the\ncandidate, saying, \"Dick Elkin will be a decisive Governor. He is young and agressive.\nHe is ready to solve problems, and he has the experience to know how. Dick Elkin is a\nformer school teacher and he understands education. He is a former legislator-he\nunderstands the legislative process. He is on the Public Service Commission-he\nunderstands state government. He is a farmer who understands the problems of\nfarmers.\"\nMONTANA--Kansas Governor Robert Bennett spoke in Montana last month,\ncampaigning for gubernatorial nominee Bob Woodahl. Bennett praised Woodahl for\nespousing the causes of the Republican Party \"that the government that governors best,\ngoverns least.' Woodahl is Montana's popular Attorney General. He has been elected\nto that post twice, and is running for governor now, against the incumbent who is in\ntrouble because of $94,000 in unreported campaign funds from his last election.\nVIRGINIA-U.S. Representative Pete du Pont, GOP gubernatorial nominee of\nDelaware, was the guest of honor at a reception given in early October by Secretary of\nCommerce and Mrs. Elliot Richardson at their home in McLean, Virginia. Missouri\nGovernor Christopher S. Bond served on the honorary committee for the event. du Pont\nis now serving his third term as Delaware's popular lone member in the House of\nRepresentatives.\nMICHIGAN--Governor William Milliken has announced that Michigan will be\nawarded a $150,733 Federal Energy Administration (FEA) grant to assist the state in\nplanning a statewide energy conservation program. Under the plan, the Energy\nAdministration of Michigan's Department of Commerce will have five months to develop\na plan to reduce Michigan's projected 1980 energy consumption by 5 percent or more.\nPublic hearings will be held on the proposed state conservation plan prior to the plan's\nsubmission to the FEA.\nNEW HAMPSHIRE--Governor Meldrim Thomson Jr., announced that two prototype\nNew England homes now under construction in New Hampshire are designed for use in\nthe Middle East and may be exclusively exported from the Port of Portsmouth. Governor\nThomson said, \"This would not only bolster the use of our expanding Port Authority\nfacilities but would maintain New England Homes employment during seasonally slack\nperiods as well as to stimulate substantially the seacoast job market and the New\nEngland Homes payroll.\" Nearly 100 people are employed by New England Homes in\ntheir Portsmouth facility.\nALASKA--Governor Jay Hammond has been elected chairman of the Western\nGovernors Conference. The WGC includes the govenors of 13 western states, American\nSamoa and Guam.\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\n310 First Street, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003\nPhone: (202) 484-6620\nVice Chairman\nChairman\nHONORABLE ROBERT F. BENNETT\nHONORABLE ARCH A. MOORE, JR.\nGovernor of Kansas\nGovernor of West Virginia\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS AND KEY ASSISTANTS\nAlaska\nHonorable Jay S. Hammond\nWilliam Gordon\nGovernor of Alaska\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nJuneau, Alaska 99801\nScott Foster\n(907) 465-3500\nPress Contact\nAmerican Samoa\nHonorable Frank Barnett\nRay Coston\nActing Governor\nAssistant\nAmerican Samoa\nGovernment House\nNeil Corbett\nPago Pago, American Samoa\nPress Contact\n633-4116 (call overseas operator)\nIndiana\nHonorable Otis R. Bowen\nWilliam Lloyd\nGovernor of Indiana\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nIndianapolis, Indiana 46204\nWilliam Watt\n(317) 633-4567\nPress Contact\nIowa\nHonorable Robert D. Ray\nWythe Willey\nGovernor of Iowa\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nDes Moines, Iowa 50319\nDave Oman\n(515) 281-5211\nPress Contact\nKansas\nHonorable Robert F. Bennett\nPat Storey\nGovernor of Kansas\nAssistant\nCapitol Building\nTopeka, Kansas 66612\nLeroy Towns\n(913) 296-3232\nPress Contact\n20/2/76\n[over]\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS AND KEY ASSISTANTS\nPAGE TWO\nMichigan\nHonorable William G. Milliken\nGeorge Weeks\nGovernor of Michigan\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nLansing, Michigan 48903\nA1 Sandner\n(517) 373-3410\nPress Contact\nMissouri\nHonorable Christopher S. Bond\nBruce Blomgren\nGovernor of Missouri\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nJefferson City, Missouri 65101\nBruce Blomgren\n(314) 751-3222\nPress Contact\nNew Hampshire\nHonorable Meldrim Thomson, Jr.\nPeter Thomson\nGovernor of New Hampshire\nAssistant\nState House\nConcord, New Hampshire 03301\nCarolyn d'Entremont\n(603) 271-2121\nPress Contact\nNorth Carolina\nHonorable James E. Holshouser, Jr.\nGene Anderson\nGovernor of North Carolina\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nRaleigh, North Carolina 27611\nJack Childs\n(919) 829-5811\nPress Contact\nOhio\nHonorable James A. Rhodes\nThomas Moyer\nGovernor of Ohio\nAssistant\nState House\nColumbus, Ohio 43215\nChan Cochran\n(614) 466-3526\nPress Contact\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS AND KEY ASSISTANTS\nPAGE THREE\nSouth Carolina\nHonorable James B. Edwards\nHarold E. Trask, Jr.\nGovernor of South Carolina\nAssistant\nState House\nColumbia, South Carolina 29201\nRobert G. Liming\n(803) 758-3261\nPress Contact\nVirginia\nHonorable Mills E. Godwin, Jr.\nBruce C. Miller\nGovernor of Virginia\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nRichmond, Virginia 23219\nJohn H. Wessells, Jr.\n(804) 786-2211\nPress Contact\nWashington\nHonorable Daniel J. Evans\nWilliam Jacobs\nGovernor of Washington\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nOlympia, Washington 98501\nJay Fredericksen\n(206) 753-6780\nPress Contact\nWest Virginia\nHonorable Arch A. Moore, Jr.\nThomas Craig\nGovernor of West Virginia\nAssistant\nState Capitol\nCharleston, West Virginia 25305\nNorman Yost\n(304) 348-2000\nPress Contact\nCHAIRMAN\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE. JR., W.VA.\nRGA:\nVICE CHAIRMAN\nCampaign\nGOVERNOR ROBERT F. BENNETT. KANSAS\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\n310 FIRST STREET, S.E., WASHINGTON. D.C. 20003\nRALPH E. GRIFFITH\n202 . 484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\nNorth Dakota\nRepublican\nNominee\nElkin for\nGovernor Committee\nHeadquarters\nKirkwood Office Towers\n202 1/2 North Third Street\nBismarck, North Dakota 58501\n(701) 258-7300\nCampaign Manager: Gary Schnell\nRichard A. Elkin\nBorn, 1932. Attended Dickinson State College. Taught school,\n1950-1953. Owns and operates cattle and grain farm at Taylor, North\nDakota. Serves as Second Vice-President of Executive Committee of\nNational Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners.\nElected to North Dakota Legislature in 1962; re-elected 1964.\nElected to the Public Service Commission, 1966; re-elected 1972.\nServed as President of the eleven-state Midwest Association of\nRailroad and Utilities Commissioners.\n76-CA-15\nFORD & 03RALD LIBRARY\nCHAIRMAN\nRGA:\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE, JR., W.VA.\nCampaign\nVICE CHAIRMAN\nGOVERNOR ROBERT F. BENNETT, KANSAS\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\n110 FIRST STREET, S.E., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003\nRALPH E. GRIFFITH\n202\n484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\nUtah\nRepublican\nNominee\nRomney\nFor Governor\nHeadquarters\n1588 South Main Street\nSalt Lake City, Utah 84115\n(801) 533-5261\nCampaign Manager: Clyde C. Pearce, Jr.\nVernon B. Romney\nBorn April, 1924. Juris Doctor Degree, George Washington\nUniversity Law School; Bachelor of Science Degree, University of\nUtah; Graduate Law Study, Georgetown University. Served with\nU.S. Army, World War II. Married, Patricia Pingree; six children.\nAttorney General of Utah since 1969; Assistant Attorney General,\n1955-1960. Attorney for Federal Communications Commission,\n1953-1955; 15 years private law practice in Salt Lake City. Member of\nBars and has practiced before the United States Supreme Court and\nTenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Member, Utah State Bar, District of\nColumbia Bar and American Bar Association.\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\n76-CA-14\nCHAIRMAN\nRGA:\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE. JR., W.VA.\nVICE CHAIRMAN\nCampaign\nGOVERNOR ROBERT F. BENNETT. KANSAS\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\n310 FIRST STREET, S.E., WASHINGTON. D.C. 20003\nRALPH E. GRIFFITH\n202 . 484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\nWashington\nRepublican\nNominee\nJohn Spellman\nFor Governor\nHeadquarters\nP.O. Box 1991\nSeattle, Washington, 9811\n(206) 624-9111\nCampaign Manager: Douglas Jewett\nJohn D. Spellman\nBorn in Seattle, December, 1926; lifelong resident of Washington.\nB.B.S. in Political Science and History, Seattle University. Graduated\nGeorgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C. Married, six\nchildren. Navy veteran, World War II.\nCurrently serving second four-year term as King County (Washing-\nton) Executive. Thirteen years in private law practice prior to public\noffice. King County Commissioner, 1967-1969. Member, Governor's\nCommittee on Law and Justice; Delegate, White House Conference\non Youth.\n76-CA-13\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nCHAIRMAN\nRGA:\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE, JR., W.VA.\nCampaign\nVICE CHAIRMAN\nGOVERNOR ROBERT F. BENNETT, KANSAS\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\n310 FIRST STREET, S.E., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003\nRALPH E. GRIFFITH\n202 484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\nNew Hampshire\nRepublican\nNominee\nKeep Thomson\nGovernor\nHeadquarters\nNew Hampshire Highway Hotel, Room 210\nConcord, New Hampshire 03301\n(603) 228-0306\nCampaign Manager: Peter Thomson\nGovernor Meldrim Thomson, Jr.\nBorn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1912. Attended Uni-\nversity of Miami, Florida; University of Miami Law School; Mercer\nUniversity, Georgia. L.L.B. Degree, University of Georgia. Married to\nthe former Gale Kelly in 1938; six children.\nServing second term as Governor of New Hampshire; first elected\nin 1972 (two year terms). Founder and past president of Equity Pub-\nlishing Company, Orford, New Hampshire; co-founder of New Hamp-\nshire Public School Association; former School Board chairman;\nformer instructor in political science, University of Georgia; member\nof New Hampshire Constitutional Convention (1964).\n76-CA-10\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nCHAIRMAN\nRGA:\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE, JR., W.VA.\nCampaign\nVICE CHAIRMAN\nGOVERNOR ROBERT F. BENNETT, KANSAS\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\n310 FIRST STREET. S.E., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003\nRALPH E. GRIFFITH\n202 . 484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\nVermont\nRepublican\nNominee\nDick Snelling\nFor Governor\nHeadquarters\nBox 76\nMontpelier, Vermont 05602\n(802) 229-0513\nCampaign Manager: Charles Butler, Jr.\nRichard A. Snelling\nBorn February 18, 1927. A.B., Cum Laude, Harvard University,\n(Government and Economics) 1948. U.S. Army-Infantry, European\nTheatre, 1945-46. Married, four children.\nCurrent Majority Leader, Vermont House of Representatives; has\nserved six sessions in Vermont General Assembly; first elected, 1959.\nElected Republican nominee for Governor of Vermont in 1966.\nFounder and chairman, Shelburne Industries, Inc., of Shelburne,\nVermont (hardware and sporting goods). Has held many leadership\npositions in business, professional and public service organizations.\nServed on Governors Commission on the Environment.\n76-CA-12\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nCHAIRMAN\nRGA:\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE. JR., W.VA.\nCampaign\nVICE CHAIRMAN\nGOVERNOR ROBERT F. BENNETT. KANSAS\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\n310 FIRST STREET, S.E., WASHINGTON. D.C. 20003\nRALPH E. GRIFFITH\n202\no\n484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\nNorth Carolina\nRepublican\nNominee\nFlaherty for\nGovernor\nHeadquarters\nP.O. Box GOV\nRaleigh, North Carolina 27611\n(919) 821-5050\nCampaign Manager: Worth Coltrane\nDavid T. Flaherty\nBorn December 9, 1929. Holds a Bachelor of Science degree in\nBusiness Administration. Served three years in U.S. Army. Married\nto the former Nancy Hamill, five children. Protestant. The Flahertys\nreside in Raleigh.\nFlaherty, 46, has served as Secretary of the North Carolina Depart-\nment of Human Resources since January, 1973. Former President of\nInstitute of Human Resource Development. Received Distinguished\nServices Award from N.C. Public Health Association. Twice elected\nto N.C. Senate, 1968 and 1970. Former executive with Broyhill Furni-\nture Industries.\n76-CA-11\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nCHAIRMAN\nRGA:\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE, JR., W.VA.\nCampaign\nVICE CHAIRMAN\nGOVERNOR ROBERT F. BENNETT, KANSAS\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\n310 FIRST STREET, S.E., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003\nRALPH E. GRIFFITH\n202 . 484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\nGriffith\nfor Governor\nArkansas\nRepublican\nNominee\nHeadquarters\n917 West Markham Street\nLittle Rock, Arkansas 72201\n(501) 372-7301\nCampaign manager: Jerry Vogelgesang\nBorn Almyra, Arkansas January 19, 1936. Married to the\nformer Karen K. Davidson; seven children. Served in Korea\nwith U.S. Army. Baptist.\nAttended Arkansas State University. Griffith is self-employed\nin the construction industry.\n76-ca-16\nFORD is LIBRARY GERALD\nCHAIRMAN\nRGA:\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE, JR., W.VA.\nCampaign\nVICE CHAIRMAN\nGOVERNOR ROBERT F. BENNETT. KANSAS\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\nB10 FIRST STREET, S.E., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003\nRALPH E. GRIFFITH\n202\n484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\nRepublican Thompson Targets\nMonday, October 11, 1976\nThe Washington Star\nDemocrat Howlett as 'Daley's Man'\nProsecutor Bucks Mayor in Governor Race\nThe lines that divide them, of\ncourse, are not that sharp. Both grew\nup in the politically aware West Side\nBy Lyle Denniston\n\"The mayor and I both will have to\nof Chicago. Thompson is at least as\nWashington Star Staff Writer\ncome to terms,\" Thompson says.\nambitious as Howlett, who tried to\nDES PLAINES, III. - It would\n\"For his part, he's going to have to\nstay out of the race.\nseem to be difficult for \"Big Jim\"\nact reasonably.\"\nThompson to unwind his 6-foot-6\nAlmost as if to reassure the mayor,\nHowlett did not come up through\nhe\nthe usual precinct ranks in Daley's\nCHAIRMAN\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE, JR., W.VA.\nRGA:\nVICE CHAIRMAN\nCampaign\nGOVERNOR ROBERT F. BENNETT, KANSAS\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\n310 FIRST STREET, S.E., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003\nRALPH E. GRIFFITH\n202 484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\nWASHINGTON STAR OCTOBER 10, 1976\nDelaware GÓP Strong\nThe prize as the strongest-Republi-\ncan state this fall may go to Dela-\nware, where the GOP is\ndemonstrating that it helps to have a\nduPont at the top of your ticket. Re-\ncent polls show the Republican\ngubernatorial nominee, Rep. Pierre\nS. DuPont IV, leading the incumbent\nDemocrat Gov Sherman W Trib-\nCHAIRMAN\nRGA:\nGOVERNOR ARCH A. MOORE, JR., W.VA.\nNews\nVICE CHAIRMAN\nGovernor ROBERT F. BENNETT, KANSAS\nREPUBLICAN GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION\nEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR\n310 FIRST STREET, S.E., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20003\nRALPH E. GRIFFITH\n202\n484-6620\nPUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR\nROBERT W. WITT\nA-8\n*\nThe Washington Star\nThursday, September 2, 1976\nMoore Yields\nTo Sen. Byrd\nFrom News Services\nCHARLESTON, W.Va. - The office of Gov.\nArch A. Moore Jr. today announced that the\ngovernor will not seek the Republican nomination\nto oppose Democratic Sen. Robert C. Byrd in\nNovember.\n\"All West Virginians, Democrats and Republi-\ncans alike, have much to gain in Sen. Robert C.\nAssociated Press\nDavid Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, addresses the Southern Governors Conference yesterday.\nTHE WASHINGTON POST\nC3\n'ednesday, September 1, 1976\nThe proposed amendment will come\nU.S. Spending\nbefore the governors for a vote on\nDemocrat, is a strong supporter of the\nWednesday, the final day of the\nEdwards proposal.\nSouthern Governors Conference. In\n\"I think this is the most important\npreliminary discussions today, most of\nissue facing the entire country,\"\nLimit Weighed\nthe 16 governors here appeared to fa-\nBoren said. \"Little by little, day by\nvor the concept of limiting federal\nday, we are changing our economic\nspending by constitutional amend-\nsystem from a free enterprise system\nBy Governors\nment, but it was not clear whether the\nto one increasingly dominated by the\nproposal will receive the two-thirds\ngovernment.\"\nvote needed for approval.\nThree or four governors here op-\nBy Hat Logan\n\"I'm in favor of the principle,\" said\npose the proposal, Edwards said. One\nVirginia Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr.\nof them is Florida Gov. Reúbin As-\nWashington Post Staff Writer\n\"I'm not committed to the precise lan-\nkew.\nWILLIAMSBURG, Aug. 31 - The\nguage in the resolution we had to-\nnation's southern governors today be-\nday.\"\n\"I'm sympathetic to getting a better\ngan consideration of a proposed con-\nEdwards said the federal govern-\nhandle on government spending, but I\nstitutional amendment to limit the\nment spends 31 per cent of the total\namount of federal spending in a given\nvalue of goods and services produced\nthink it should be very carefully"
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