Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Democrat Barnett is fond of pointing to his childhood poverty. "We were poor, poor," he says. "I wasn't raised in a hothouse." The youngest of ten children, he paid his way through Mississippi College and the University of Mississippi law school by working as a barber and a janitor. But once he got his law degree, he left poverty behind. Specializing in damage suits, he proved to be a skillful picker and swayer of juries, became the state's top lawyer in his field, with an income estimated at $100,000 a year...
What makes the district even more interesting is the fact that it is brand-new; after the 1960 census. Kansas reapportioned itself, took the old Fifth and Sixth districts and threw them together as the First. Each of the old districts had a popular Congressman, one a liberal Democrat, the other a conservative Republican. Now they are running against each other, and they differ on almost all issues. Says Democrat J. Floyd Breeding, 61, a farmer-stockman, of his opponent: "What I'm for, he's against." With that sentiment, Republican Robert Dole, 39, a lawyer, concurs...
...enrages Kansas' wheat storage men, who seem likely to lose a lot of business. It also enrages Bob Dole, who says: "I'm for exporting all the wheat we can sell. What I'm against is taking wheat out of storage here and storing it in [Democrat] Pat Brown's facilities in California...
Long Wait. Gubernatorial Candidate Bellmon is less doctrinaire. He wants to modernize the state government, trim the payrolls, and straighten out a badly built road system. Democrat-Atkinson's big argument is for an increase from 2% to 3% in the state sales tax-a plan that has notably failed to capture the voters' imagination. Bellmon obviously senses that victory is within reach. "After 55 years of Democrats," he says, "it's up to us this year to head up an honest, hardworking and harmonious Governor's office. If we don't, it may take...
...Democrat Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy never did show up at John Hancock Hall, reportedly because of a "scheduling conflict." But an empty podium with no name on it was left on stage throughout the debate. Explained one Lodge aide: It would be presumptuous to put Kennedy's name on the podium since he did not accept the challenge, and presumptuous to leave it off since he never declined...