Word: democratized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tallied, even the hopeful Republicans were surprised. They elected a city councilman in Columbus, a total of seven aldermen in four other towns. More important, they elected two mayors-the first ever in Mississippi. In Hattiesburg, Lawyer Paul Grady, 41, who lost a runoff election for mayor as a Democrat in 1961, decided he'd rather switch before fighting again, did much better as a Republican. Though Hattiesburg is the Governor's home town, Grady defeated Democratic Incumbent Claude Pittman Jr. 2,429 to 1,827. In Columbus, another Democrat-turned-Republican, City Councilman Robert D. Harmond...
...floor manager for the bill, Arkansas Democrat Wilbur Mills, chairm'an of the House Ways and Means Committee, explained that of the four types of excise taxes now in effect-user taxes (gasoline, airline tickets), regulatory (opium, betting, machine guns), sumptuary (alcohol, tobacco), and selective, or so-called luxury-only the luxury tax would be affected. Said he: "The excise taxes which this bill repeals were initially levied as emergency revenue-raising measures at the time of the Korean War, World War II, or at the time of the Depression of the 1930s. As a result, they represent...
...Dirksen had a second thought, issued a statement saying: "It is regrettable that this jovial exchange with the press was reported." By that time, the Coordinating Committee's meeting was over, and Politician Emeritus Eisenhower had already had dinner at the White House and exchanged glowing toasts with Democrat Lyndon Johnson...
...Anyone who has completed the sixth grade (eighth grade in some states) in a school operated under the U.S. flag will be allowed to vote, even if he cannot read, write, understand or interpret English. This amendment, co-sponsored by Republican Jacob Javits and Democrat Bobby Kennedy, chiefly affects some 330,000 Spanish-speaking Puerto Ricans in New York City and is perhaps the most dubious part of the bill...
...said he was "leaning very strongly to selecting a Democrat on the ticket" to run for comptroller or city council president, and might even pick Democrats for both posts. Though the G.O.P. maintains headquarters in all of the city's assembly districts, Lindsay said that he hoped to set up independent campaign offices with no Republican identification...