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...rope," said Rhode Island's Governor John O. Pastore to the Rhode Island College of Pharmacy. "There are only so many things you can say to a graduating class and I've had dozens of occasions on which to say them." Echoed Illinois' Governor Adlai Stevenson at Western State Teachers College: "It makes little difference what I talk about, because you won't remember what I say, even if it's important, which...
...thought of state patronage in the hands of a man who didn't appreciate the delicate and desperate needs of party men sent chills up every right-thinking wardheeler's spine. After weeks of haggling indecision, Cook County Boss Jake Arvey reached a compromise: ex-Diplomat Adlai Stevenson, who wanted to run for the Senate, was persuaded to stand for governor; Douglas, who wanted to be governor, was run for Senator...
...Springfield, Illinois' Governor Adlai Stevenson, 49, inaugurated in his first term last January, agreed to a separation (and an uncontested divorce later) from Socialite Ellen Borden Stevenson, 40, after 20 years of marriage, three children. Deploring "the incompatibility of our lives," the governor declared: "I am deeply distressed . . . We have separated with the highest mutual regard...
Last week Illinois' Governor Adlai Stevenson signed a bill permitting night thoroughbred races in his state. Owners of thoroughbred stables threw up their hands in horror, and none of the Chicago tracks made any immediate move to take advantage of the bill. Even the small track owners, strongest supporters of the legislation, weren't turning on the lights just yet. Explained Ray Bennigsen of Illinois' Hawthorne and Sportsman's Park: "The bill, I believe, was put through as a surety measure in view of the decline in betting on the thoroughbreds at all Chicago tracks this...
...Adlai Stevenson...