Word: adelbert
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Only one job was at stake: the Senate seat now precariously held by Joseph F. Guffey, 64, the most forthright pap-grabber in Pennsylvania politics since the fabulous Boies Penrose. Two other Democrats wanted Mr. Guffey's job: Walter Adelbert Jones, oilman and chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission; and onetime Pittsburgh Mayor Bill McNair, 59, political jack-in-the-box, author of the campaign's best crack: "Anyone with a clean shirt on can beat Guffey." Ex-Mayor McNair had no chance. Behind Walter Jones was David L. Lawrence, State Democratic chairman. Mr. Lawrence has been withdrawn...
John Richardson, Jr. '43 chairman of the Freshman Smoker Committee, yesterday announced the appointment of Adelbert Ames, III '43 to serve with the other appointed and elected members...