Word: blakley
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...applied for the places in writing. When the committee-assigning Democratic steering committee met, however, Baker appeared before it and announced that Burdick and Young had withdrawn their requests. No one questioned his word, and the seats were given to Missouri's Edward Long and Texas' William Blakley, both Johnson enthusiasts. As it turned out, neither Burdick nor Young had agreed to withdraw...
...Texas Democratic organization was feuding and fussing. When it came time to fill Lyndon Johnson's old Senate seat in last week's special election, the conservative wing was snarling at the pro-Kennedy wing, and the main campaign argument of Democratic Candidate William Blakley, 62, was that he had consistently voted against New Frontier legislation since he went to Washington in January as an interim appointee...
...Tower appealed only to bona fide Republicans, he would have had less chance than a snowball in Corpus Christi. But many conservative Democrats voted for him-partly in protest against Democrat John Kennedy, partly because Tower seemed to be a more vigorous conservative than Bill Blakley. Liberal Democrats also voted for Tower-for different reasons. With Blakley out, much more federal patronage will go to the liberals' darling in Washington, Senator Ralph Yarborough (who pointedly did not endorse Blakley). More important, Tower's victory was certain to hasten the coming of a true two-party system in Texas...
Texas' Multimillionaire Senator William ("Dollar Bill") Blakley is arousing anguish in Democratic leaders, who are trying to get him re-elected this month. To win support of Texas liberals, leaders are urging Blakley to slow down his sniping at the Kennedy legislative program. But Blakley is not cooperating. "It's crazy," snaps an exasperated friend. "Even when his vote doesn't change a damn thing, he insists on taking the anti-Democratic position...
Despite his impressive plurality, John Tower faces trouble aplenty in the runoff. Last week he had the benefit of being the only authentic Republican among the serious candidates; Blakley suffered from the split Democratic vote. Next month the chances are strong that enough Democrats will combine behind Blakley to send him back to Washington. But in any event, Texans can be certain that their next Senator will be an Old Frontiersman through and through...