Word: edwin
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...fight for first vice-President lasted almost as long. About 50 seconds after his nomination, Craig Smith '64 was declared the winner. In the only contest of the evening, G. Marshall Moriarty '64 accused Edwin M. Martin '63 of Quincy House and Washington, D.C. of having completely altered the office of second Vice-President, giving emphasis to national and state programs at the expense of the individual members. Martin was eventually reflected...
From Osaka, the party drove to an ancient Buddhist temple at Nara, where priests offered Kennedy incense sticks, indicated a nearby bronze kettle where the sticks are traditionally burned by visitors. Kennedy motioned to accompanying Ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer. "What are the implications if I do this?" Replied the ambassador: "It just shows respect. Go ahead." "You're sure it won't look as if I'm worshiping Buddha?" asked Roman Catholic Kennedy. Whispered Reischauer: "No, It's O.K." Kennedy picked up an incense stick still muttering: "If I get kicked...
...Navy Secretary to run for Governor with the support of his longtime friend, Vice President Lyndon Johnson. But last week, just three days before the deadline for filing, two new candidates jumped eagerly into the race. The late entries: Incumbent Governor Price Daniel, 51, and former Army Major General Edwin A. Walker...
Major General Edwin A. Walker, commander of the Army's 24th Infantry Division in Germany, came under fire both for speeches and for his troop education program. He labeled Harry Truman, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and former Secretary of State Dean Acheson as "definitely pink." Walker's "pro-blue" educational program boosted conservative candidates for office back home and brought on charges that Walker was dabbling in partisan politics. After he was admonished and reassigned to another command in Hawaii, Walker resigned from the Army. He found a champion in South Carolina's Senator Strom Thurmond, himself...
Rowan was sponsored for membership by his State Department predecessor, Edwin Kretzmann, and Voice of America Commentator Raymond Swing. A Minneapolis Tribune reporter from 1948 to 1961, Rowan has written four books, including an analysis of the South's racial conflicts and a biography of Jackie Robinson. When he was rejected by the Cosmos, Rowan made no claim that race was the reason. Said he: "If it is the intellec tual judgment of the membership committee that I do not merit membership, I can do no more than note this judgment and wish the club well...