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YESTERYEAR: Abortion, smoking debates take center stage
… Twenty Years Ago This Week in The Colorado Statesman … “Take that President Bill Clinton!” said Colorado legislative Republican leaders. With Chuck Berry presiding as Speaker of the Colorado House, the Republican majority House State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee amended and then proceeded to methodically pass a contentious anti-abortion bill sponsored by state Rep.…
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YESTERYEAR: Zakhem appointed to ambassadorship, state legislators travel to Israel
Thirty Years Ago This Week in the Colorado Statesman … A former state legislator was bestowed the honor of an ambassadorship. Former state Sen. Sam H. Zakhem was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, succeeding Donald Leidel. A well-known name in Colorado politics, Zakhem – Lebanese by birth – was educated in…