Word: general
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thank TIME [June 15] for the fine article on the submarine George Washington. However, we would like to point out that the atomic submarines George Washington, Triton, U.S.S. Skate, U.S.S. Skipjack, U.S.S. Seawolf and U.S.S. Nautilus, all built in Groton, were built by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp...
...boosts that set off a short-lived taxpayer revolt. In Protestant-majority Washington, Rosellini shivers at the fear of a Catholic presidential candidate calling attention to the Catholics already holding Washington's key jobs: Governor, speaker of the house, president of the senate, secretary of state, attorney general...
...party-primary nominations for two U.S. Senators, Governor and a Congressman-at-large. Results: 1) a rousing 18-1 endorsement-with 85% of the electorate voting-for statehood, which clears the way for Hawaii's admission to the Union by presidential proclamation after the July 28 general elections, and 2) a heavy numerical vote margin for the Democrats, partially offset by the fact that most Republicans were running unopposed...
...announced Long's appointment of two of his oldtime cronies to the jobs. The fifth letter came from Bankston's newly appointed successor, addressed to Belcher's newly appointed successor. The gist: Earl K. Long is sane; he should be released from the mental hospital. Attorney General Jack Gremillion stood up: "Your Honor, there is no one now with authority to hold Earl K. Long at the hospital. The state joins in a motion to discontinue." Judge Jones leaned forward. "Since there is no opposition, the motion [to free the Governor] is granted and the suit...
Great Britain. Facing a general election before next spring, with the Socialist Opposition-its reforming passion assuaged -unsure of what it has to campaign about. Not in 35 years, boasts Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, has there been so favorable a combination of full employment, steady prices...