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...special congressional election in Iowa's Fourth District was important enough to bring Governor Herschel Loveless hurrying down from Des Moines. Loveless, the leading Democrat in a state that was once a Republican stronghold, had a big point to prove: the Democrats are in the Farm Belt to stay. To Loveless, the whole election turned on one big question. "Ezra Benson is the only issue in the campaign," he cried. "Benson is Republicanism...
...embattled Agriculture Secretary was, as Loveless sensed, a big factor in the campaign. The Fourth District's farmers have been hit by falling prices,* and they reflect accurately the national discontent with the Benson farm program. Kyi, an attractive, articulate TV newscaster and clothing merchant, was careful to dissociate himself from Ezra Benson: "Please note that I do not run the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Mr. Benson most certainly is not a candidate in this district." But Democrat Gilmour, associate professor of political science at Grinnell College and a hardworking, handshaking campaigner, poured it on: "A vote...
...important news about the Rockefeller campaign, as the could-be candidate moved from private conference to pressagent ceremonial to public speech, is that he is hammering together perhaps the most complete individual platform of any candidate in sight. One reason: Rockefeller's big advantage over Nixon is that, standing outside the Eisenhower Administration and the Federal Government, he can speak out more freely on national issues than Insider Nixon can. Fundamental in Rockefeller's strategy is a decision to push that advantage hard. Rockefeller on the issues...
...Western tour the announcement was made, with exquisite timing, of the formation in Rocky's own New York State of a Nixon Club, with many of President Eisenhower's closest friends as members. Last week, with Rocky in the Midwest, Nixon did it again. At a big Washington Christmas party given by the Nixons, New York Lawyer Thomas E. Dewey, a surprise guest, turned up jauntily, mingled with the high-ranking guests, and started tongues wagging. Afterward, Dewey and Mrs. Dewey were widely noted guests at dinner in the Statler Hilton Hotel, with the Nixons and Attorney General...
...County. After leasing a few trucks to rumrunners, he abandoned a $50,000-a-year automobile business for bootlegging-and thereupon set in motion a relentless procession of events that led to his death. With a partner, Matt Kolb, he carved out an empire of suburban speakeasies, controlled a big slot-machine franchise, sold 18,000 bottles of illicit beer each week, boasted that he made $1,000,000 a year. He also made enemies: to Al Capone and his henchmen, Touhy was a natural rival and a menace. To Police Captain Daniel ("Tubbo") Gilbert, often called "the richest...