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...Massachusetts governorship and two terms as Congressman in Washington. His past term as mayor was unique in that he passed five months of it in the federal penitentiary at Danbury, Conn. Curley has built up a large personal following, though hardly a machine, that will remain solidly behind him next Tuesday. The minimum estimate of his vote is around 80,000 while, if he wins, he will probably poll over...
...Governor's Councilor Patrick J. (Sonny) McDonough. With a history of ward leadership and prominence in the State Democratic party, McDonough conducts a vigorous, personal campaign, often spending whole days shaking hands with everyone he meets on the street; his goal is 85,000 handshakes before election day. Behind him, McDonough has a large block of South Boston votes plus the backing of a number of CIO unions. Though he would like to match the vote that Hynes hopes for, McDonough's unfamiliarity with the voters in large areas of the city will probably keep him from getting much more...
...spaces that the council has requested permission to use are all located in the grad school area. They include the lots behind Perkins and Conant Halls, Littauer, Mallinckrodt, Langdell, and the Physics, Biological, and Nuclear Laboratories...
...Yardlings got over this customary freshman problem in convincing fashion Saturday. Lamar admitted that backs Pete Dillingham, Jerry Blitz (two touchdowns), and John Ederer (one score, and linemen Hank Toopke and Arnie Horween, (both filling in on short notice for Bob Stargle, left behind in Stillman), had played good games...
They used to tell you during the war it took 121 men on the ground to put one fighter plane in the air. Anyone who watches the behind the scenes activity at Soldiers Field on Saturday afternoons gets the same impression about fielding the Harvard football team...