The Nation - News from Aug. 2, 1985
Alaska Gov. Bill Sheffield was abruptly called back before a state Senate impeachment panel in Juneau to determine whether he committed perjury during earlier testimony. The first-term Democrat was recalled after the chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, Republican Tim Kelly, said “new evidence” had turned up suggesting the governor knew more than he admitted about some controversial meetings dealing with a state lease that went to one of the governor’s political backers.
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