Word: connors
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...Party nominated Furcolo for Senator. He was soon challenged, however, by the young upstart mayor of Springfield, Thomas J. O'Connor, who waged a vigorous, albeit inexpensive campaign. The mayor's cause was aided immensely by exposes of governmental corruption. The State Department of Public Works received its quadrennial lambasting more severely than usual. The Metropolitan District Commission was investigated by a legislative committee, whose proceedings were enlivened by one witness's reported refusal to accept a summons. The witness was an important Democratic member of the House associated with Furcolo...
...Democratic machine--if it could be called a machine--won the governorship and lost the Senate slot. Ward edged out Peabody, his only close challenger, by 28,000 votes. O'Connor stunned Furcolo with a 50,000 vote victory, in which he carried Boston. For the Republicans, Volpe and Saltonstall won uncontested nominations, and both have been waging extremely partyless campaigns...
...candidates, only O'Connor has expended a tremendous amount of energy. He has attracted support from intellectuals, such as Mark DeWolfe Howe (Chairman of Citizens for O'Connor), Arthur M. Schlesinger, and Samuel H. Beer, but has not been able to raise funds approximating Saltonstall...
...CRIMSON endorses O'Connor's candidacy for Senator. As mayor of Springfield, he has worked energetically for urban renewal and civic reform, reinvigorating this tired city while cutting taxes. He has demonstrated an ability to learn and to grow in office--an attribute regrettably not shared by his opponent, Leverett Saltonstall...
...gubernatorial race, Massachusetts does not stand to gain, whether Volpe or Ward triumphs; both are hack politicians. Only O'Connor can provide a change from the sterility in Massachusetts politics...