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Word: bumpers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...handles-he called them "Pickrick drumsticks"-to keep Negroes out. Georgia Republicans, figuring that he would be an easier target than Arnall for G.O.P. Candidate Howard ("Bo") Callaway in November, drove up to polling booths by the thousands to vote for Mad dox-many in cars bearing Callaway bumper stickers. By one estimate, they cast 100,000 votes for the balding bigot, enough to give Maddox a startling 430,000-to-360,000 victory. As a result, liberals and Negroes next month are expected to either support a write-in candidate or vote for Callaway, himself a segregationist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: The Turning Point | 10/7/1966 | See Source »

...about a "morality gap" in Sacramento. Brown says Reagan is a right-wing extremist and, if elected, would "disrupt radically the quality of life in California." Some rabid Brown backers have retouched photographs to show Reagan with a Hitler-like forelock and moustache; some far-out Reagan supporters display bumper stickers proclaiming: IF IT'S BROWN, FLUSH IT. Brown insists that the main issue is Reagan's glaring inexperience in government. Reagan retorts that the main issue is the persistent bumbling of Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: Ronald for Real | 10/7/1966 | See Source »

...strike against Schenley was just holding its own until the boycott began to take effect during the winter and early spring. Help was enlisted all over the country to urge supermarkets and liquor stores to stop carrying Schenley products. The NFWA circulated bumper stickers reading "Kool-Aid Sil, Schenley...

Author: By William C. Bryson, | Title: Strikers Appeal to Old Ties With Mexico But Face Problems of Fatigue and Racism | 9/24/1966 | See Source »

...Brown. Brown, of course, was non-commital, but the publicity broke Schenley. In April, Schenley signed a contract, the first ever signed between a major grower and a farm workers union. The contract insured an immediate raise to a minimum of $1.75 per hour with bonuses for rapid work. Bumper stickers were rear-ranged to read simply "Schenley...

Author: By William C. Bryson, | Title: Strikers Appeal to Old Ties With Mexico But Face Problems of Fatigue and Racism | 9/24/1966 | See Source »

...spot, Lyndon has pointedly reaffirmed his attachment to Humphrey. "As long as I am President," he told labor leaders at a private White House dinner, "I want Vice President Humphrey by my side." Thus Bobby has been urging overeager supporters to remove the "Kennedy in '68" billboards and bumper stickers that have sprouted from Baltimore to Berkeley; he flatly denies any such ambitions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats: The Shadow & the Substance | 9/16/1966 | See Source »

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