Word: adelbert
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Republican Governor of the state of Mississippi? There has been no such thing since 1876, when one Adelbert Ames resigned under fire in his Reconstruction regime. In most elections since then the G.O.P. has either put up no candidate or furnished merely token opposition. About all the winner of a Democratic gubernatorial primary had to do was clear his throat and start polishing his inaugural speech...
Catgut & Catnap. The six-man crew climbs aboard with its frozen TV lunches, its printed forms (27 of them have to be filled in during and after the flight), and 100 Ibs. or so of survival gear apiece. One pilot, Major Adelbert Gionet, a SAC plane commander for eleven years, carries toothbrush and mouthwash along, as well as a surgical needle and catgut ("If I ever rip any of me, I want to be able to put myself together"), and a flask of whisky. They all carry knives, since a knife has proved to be the most durable and versatile...