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Reaction from the Boston School committee to the 140-page report was shift and highly negative. Mrs. Louise Hicks, the chairman, said yesterday that she was "appalled" at the idea students to achieve racial balance. She and her colleague, committeeman William O'Connor, urged a public referendum to resolve the issue...
Confident of Victory. Roosevelt, on the other hand, has never held public office (last spring, however, he was elected Democratic state committeeman). Just before World War II the President's son went overnight from civilian to captain in the Army Air Corps Reserve, causing an outbreak of "I Want To Be a Captain Too" clubs, spent the war flying photo-reconnaissance missions. During his remarkably checkered business career, he has been a news commentator in Minneapolis, a Christmas-tree grower in New York, a rancher in Colorado, and a businessman in Havana. He is now married to wife...
Something to Do. Goldwater's acceptance of Bliss did not come easily. Less than a week before, in his Washington apartment, Barry had listened in angry disbelief as two of his most loyal supporters, Running Mate William Miller and Nebraska's National Committeeman Donald Ross, along with Ray Bliss himself, patiently explained that Burch was not worth fighting for. Miller declared that a thin, five-vote majority was the very best Burch could hope for in the 132-member National Committee. Later Miller spent another two hours urging Barry to accept Bliss. At last Barry agreed...
...better qualified to take over than Ray Bliss. He started in politics "just for something to do" in 1931 on the level of envelope licker and errand runner during the mayoralty campaign in his home town of Akron. Slowly he worked his way up to state committeeman by impressing such sterling Republicans as Senator Robert A. Taft with his attention to detail. In 1947 Bliss decided to quit politics for the insurance and real estate business, but when the hurricane of Harry Truman's surprise victory hit in 1948, Taft immediately persuaded Bliss to come back as a salaried...
Eric Pepper '67, a House Committeeman, charged yesterday that the ruling discriminated in favor of residents of Wigglesworth Hall, who use the house facilities more than the married students, commuters, and the residents of cooperative houses...