Word: fleeson
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...days before the primary did either side sense that Kefauver was gaining. Only two days before the primary, Governor Freeman predicted that Stevenson would win by "somewhere between a two-to-one and a three-to-one majority." A day before the vote, Stevenson-lining Columnist Doris Fleeson wrote: "If Stevenson loses or is badly damaged, he has absolutely no alibi...
...Politically, the new daily, says Editor Bradley, is "Democratic by persuasion, independent by nature, middle-of-the-road but slightly more on the liberal side than most Mississippi papers." Its syndicated features include everyone from Right-Wing Columnist David Lawrence to Walter Lippmann, the Alsop brothers, Fair-Dealer Doris Fleeson and the Washington Post and Times Herald's Fair-Dealing Cartoonist Herblock. Since most of Jackson's leading businessmen own stock, the State Times had no trouble filling its first issue with ads. But the opposition Clarion-Ledger (circ. 47,269) and Daily News (41,324) will offer...
Fair-Dealing Columnist DORIS FLEESON...
Washington focused a lively interest last week on Oregon's Senators. Freshman Dick Neuberger flew in, after lunching in Chicago with Adlai Stevenson, to be festively entertained by Fair-Dealing Columnist Doris Fleeson and, on New Year's Day, by Colleague Wayne Morse. Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, recognizing that Democrats owe Morse their control of the Senate, will give him committee posts as good as or better than the ones from which the Republicans ousted him two years ago. And following his policy of finding at least one good committee berth for each newcomer. Johnson has Neuberger...
Fair-Dealing Columnist DORIS FLEESON : This is a pocketbook election. The emotional issues which swept Gen. Eisenhower into the White House have receded far into the background. The American people may not be proud of the truce in Korea but they have apparently thrust that unpopular war into the back of their minds. They seem to have similarly discounted the setback in Indo-China. Sen. McCarthy is another dead duck. The campaign is lethargic in large part because these emotional, highly personal issues have been superseded by economic questions. And there is no doubt the Democratic trend results from...