Word: craig
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John E. Craig H '56, Douglas B. Fitchen '57; Paul G. Forand '55 (captain); James S. Harrison '57; Hubert E. Hocuttston '56; William P. Pierskalla '56; Wal-'57; David J. Kenny '55; John C. Livington '56; H. Rawis '55; Stephen J. Schneider '56; Robert W. Serivner '57; James E. Standefer '57; Daniel J. Gills '56 (manager...
Congratulations for the March 7 story on Indiana's Governor Craig . . . Many persons will be shocked at what seems to be unmitigated graft and corruption in Indiana . . . Others will be confirmed in their dislike and mistrust of politics and politicians, and many friends and foes of Ike will view with alarm or cynicism (real or feigned) the fact that Craig is Ike's boy. However, Indiana, the state Lincoln grew up in, undoubtedly molded him as much as any environment could mold him. Politics are undoubtedly played pretty much the same as they were played in Lincoln...
...Hoosier would deny that shortly after Governor Craig "burst" into office, the air was hot and heavy with toll-road plans; and certainly no Hoosier could deny that, as a political tool for graft-minded politicians, the toll-road project is a tremendous achievement. What you didn't mention is that the remainder of our highways have acquired the not so complimentary name of "Craig's corduroy road system...
...wore on, the conference committee members wearied of the stalemate, and the Jenner legislators finally capitulated: they agreed to accept a compromise provision that no state funds could be spent on roads that would serve "only" as feeders for toll roads. This was such a minor limitation that jubilant Craig men talked of sending down to the drugstore to get some "face-saving cream" for their foes. Cracked one Craig partisan: "We can build outhouses on the toll roads if we want...
This week, 1955's, big battle over, Governor Craig's toll-road authority stood without serious limitation, and his control of the Indiana Republican organization was stronger than ever before...