Word: georgias
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Five months ago, Herman ("Hummon") Talmadge couldn't have been elected to the office of dogcatcher in Georgia. Then . . . Mr. Truman started yapping about Civil Rights. Every time he opened his mouth for one of those monotonous speeches, it meant thousands of votes for "Hummon." Don't forget that the South is basically defensive in its thinking. It knows it has no friends outside the South, so it thinks it can counter its enemies by electing people like Long and Talmadge . . . SEATON OWENS Marietta...
...Georgia last Saturday, 300 players and spectators became involved in a riot during the Georgia Tech-Auburn game. A questionable decision seems to have been the cause of the fracas. This sort of thing is great for the newsreels but bodes ill for the cause of sport...
Doubtful: 6 states with 60 electoral votes. Florida (8), Georgia (12), Minnesota (11), Missouri (15), Nevada (3), Virginia...
...Georgia, the deadlock was between Truman and Thurmond. In Florida, the Dixiecrats might prove strong enough to swing the state from Truman to Dewey. In the other doubtful states it was still a Truman-Dewey tossup...
Meet the Press (Fri. 10 p.m., MBS). Georgia's Governor Talmadge, interviewed by four reporters...