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...Democratic dinner, ostensibly in honor of New York's Mayor O'Dwyer, brought more than $100,000 profit into the state committee's bank account. But it left some serious political gas pains. In an effort to by-pass the imponderables of intraparty protocol, the state committee had selected a dais long enough only to seat the guest of honor, three Cabinet members, four state party committeemen, and sundry divines. Seated on the indiscriminate floor were such party stalwarts as Jim Farley, ex-Senator James Mead, the party's 1946 candidate for governor, ex-Governor Herbert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Affront | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

...Meadow and the United Nations General Assembly, Señior Mike went back to his Manhattan hotel for what was supposed to be a restful weekend. Instead, he took his son, Miguel Jr., 14, for a half-hour subway ride, toured Rockefeller Center, lunched with Mayor Bill O'Dwyer at Gracie Mansion. This week he hit the road again, going first to West Point, then to Tennessee and Alabama to look over TVA, then to Kansas City (to visit an experimental farm, get another degree). Then home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Se | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

...York's Mayor O'Dwyer was quoted as saying grimly that if it ever reached his city, the rock would be dumped into the East River. Said his secretary, more softly: "They can send anything they please. But if it blocks traffic, someone is going to get a lot of tickets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: International: Embarrassing | 5/12/1947 | See Source »

...political right; New York's ex-Senator Jim Mead had been beaten to a frazzle by Tom Dewey last November; and New York's ex-Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia was just a little too unpredictable. New York's present Mayor Bill O'Dwyer fitted a lot of the requirements, but he is constitutionally ineligible, since he was born in Eire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: Anyone's Race | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...Javelin throw--Won by Hodash (B); second, Burkhart (RIS); third, Trimble (H); fourth, Hanna (RIS). Distance--182 ft., 4 in. Discus throw--Won by Felton (H); second, Cameron (H); third, Fisher (H); fourth, Miller (RIS). Distance--140 ft., 9 1/4 in. Broad jump--Won by R. Dwyer (RIS); second, Benish (RIS); third, Thayer (H); fourth, Bates (B). Distance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Trails Rl State, Conquers Brown in Tri-Meet | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

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