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...home town of Abilene, Kans., his fellow townsmen were jubilant but dignified. Said Publisher Henry B. Jameson, an early Eisenhower backer: "The people of Abilene are not excitable by nature, but there is some excitement here...
Douglas also declared that Kefauver's domestic and international views were well known. "He is a strong civil rights man and a backer of an Atlantic Union," he explained...
...Assistant Floor Leader often succeeds to the leadership, but the present minority whip is Massachusetts' Senator Leverett Saltonstall, a liberal Republican and an avowed Eisenhower backer. To keep Ken Wherry's old job in safe, conservative hands, Taft supporters may try to block Saltonstall's succession...
...Newton, who is also a director of Massachusetts' famed Old Sturbridge Village (TIME, Nov. 5), puts out the magazine in his spare time with the help of only one paid hand. He wangles free manuscripts from members of the American Association for State and Local History, his chief backer, and name writers, e.g., Carl Carmer, Roger Butterfield, who are also interested in livening up history. Editor Newton's biggest problem is to get his scholarly contributors to write a colorful style instead of "plodding into the facts and proceeding in dull and orderly fashion to the conclusion...
...when Flotill was beginning to show profits, Tillie's backer died. She borrowed more than $100,000 to buy out his interest, paid it back from earnings in ten months. As sole owner, Tillie added spinach and asparagus to her line, and built new plants. When an organizing strike threatened in 1940, A.F.L. Organizer Meyer Lewis sat down with Tillie, settled the problems in an hour. Impressed with Lewis, Tillie hired him as general manager, seven years later married...