Word: dillingham
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Because of his turn-of-the-century conservatism and his great bulk (247 Ibs), Republican Benjamin Franklin Dillingham II, 46, is devastatingly described as "a fat old young man." Running for the Senate seat vacated by retiring Democrat Oren Long, Dillingham never had a chance against Representative Daniel Inouye, 38, slum child, war hero, first U.S. Congressman of Japanese descent, New Frontiersman ("To be President-Kennedy's rubber stamp is an honor") and by far Hawaii's top vote-getter. If there had been any doubt, it vanished when the Honolulu Advertiser, of which the Dillingham family owns...
Daniel K. Inouye (D), the first U.S. Congressman of Oriental descent downed millionaire Ben Dillingham in the Senatorial contest...
Hawaii. With elderly Senator Oren E. Long retiring, slum-born Democratic Congressman Daniel Ken Inouye, a Nisei, is competing for the seat against Benjamin Franklin Dillingham II, scion of Hawaii's most prominent family. Starting out way behind, Republican Dillingham narrowed the gap while Inouye was kept glued in Washington. But there still appears to be a bit of gap left...
Last week at a political rally in Papakolea, a Honolulu subdivision, Dillingham explained his feeling of political mission. "My family," he said, "came to Hawaii and have lived in Hawaii to serve. My grandfather came here as a missionary. He came to serve. My grandmother came as a schoolteacher. She came to serve. My father filled in 5,000 acres of the harbor, 5,000 acres that have given all of you people and your families places to work, things to do. I want to reinvest some of the privileges, some of the advantages that we have had. I want...
Although Inouye is still favored to win, Dillingham scoffs at the possibility. Says he: "Either I'm getting the biggest snow job in the world or I'm going to win this election." In any event, he will stick to his standards. "I'm a liberal in a lot of ways. But where the conservatism comes in, both economically and politically, is in my belief that you have to make damn sure how you're going to come out before you start anything. I object to the promises that are made to people of things that...