Word: furcolo
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...feud-ridden Democratic organization needs a leader who can put the pieces back together. Most likely man for the job: whoever is appointed to the Senate seat that Jack Kennedy will almost certainly vacate before January (to allow his replacement to be named by outgoing Democratic Governor Foster Furcolo rather than by Republican Volpe). A leading candidate: Congressman Torbert Macdonald, 43, a former Harvard football hero and Jack Kennedy's close personal friend since college days...
...Connor really did not belong in the Senatorial race in the first place. Springfield Mayor since 1957, he challenged Governor Foster Furcolo for the Democratic nomination last spring. After a tough bid by the young bachelor for endorsement, the state convention in Worcester backed the party man, Furcolo...
...audacious challenge of the Governor by entering a primary against him in September. O'Connor waged a vigorous but financially poor campaign and emerged--some-how--as the victor by 50,000 votes. He carried Boston in the primary and attracted the votes of several ethnic groups previously considered Furcolo property. Then, as the Saltonstall camp discarded files and files on the Governor's vulnerable record in office and as some state reisdents rejoiced over Furcolo's defeat, O'Connor set out to unseat "Salty," the senior senator whose devotional following bewilders many...
...University has been negotiating for two years to purchase the site, on which it hopes to erect the tenth House called for in the Program for Harvard College. Previous negotiations with Governor Furcolo failed, partly because the MTA could not find a substitute for the Bennett St. yards. The yards have the only facilities for extensive maintenance on the entire system...
...Democratic machine--if it could be called a machine--won the governorship and lost the Senate slot. Ward edged out Peabody, his only close challenger, by 28,000 votes. O'Connor stunned Furcolo with a 50,000 vote victory, in which he carried Boston. For the Republicans, Volpe and Saltonstall won uncontested nominations, and both have been waging extremely partyless campaigns...