Word: connecticut
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Missouri, Thomas C. Hennings Jr., onetime Congressman, defeated dogged, conservative Forrest Donnell, became the only Democrat to turn a Republican out of a Senate seat. Truman opposed Hennings in the primary in his home state, was glad enough to get him in the finals. ¶ In Connecticut, Adman Bill Benton squeaked through over Wall Street Banker Prescott Bush, while Benton's old advertising-agency partner, Chester Bowles, was losing the governorship (see below). Brien ("Mr. Atom") McMahon, who ignored both Benton & Bowles, was easily reelected...
...Under Connecticut law, should a finding of insanity be made at the November 16 hearing, the court may order the 27-year-old Trent-Lyon committed to a state institution until he has recovered enough to stand trial...
Other early victories for the Democratic slate included those of incumbents Carl Hayden of Arizona and Mike Monroney of Oklahoma in the Southwest, and Brien MacMahon of Connecticut and Governor John O. Pastore of Rhode Island...
Democrats William Benton (incumbent in Connecticut) and Thomas C. Hennings of Missouri also...
Elizabeth J. McKinster '52, of New Haven, Connecticut, and Moors Hall, was elected president of Radio Radcliffe at a general meeting held this week...