Word: governor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...small sense, that solitary house vote reflected the only remaining fear of a few Arkansas lawmakers, not necessarily integrationists, that the Governor was simply getting too much power. Explained the lone dissident, Lawyer Ray Smith Jr., representative from Hot Springs: "I just don't want to give that power to any Governor-even though I believe in his integrity." Smith added that he chose not to disclose his views on integration...
Completely ignoring such legal fleabites, Orval Faubus savored every moment. Said Arkansas' governor, running hard with President Eisenhower's fumbled press-conference ball: "If the President believes that the pace of integration should be slowed down until means can be worked out to accomplish it peacefully, then I am in agreement with that." Said Faubus in satisfied self-appraisal: "You know, I suppose 90% of the people in the North think I am the most rabid segregationist in the South. The fact is that I am one of the most moderate men on the subject...
...students) were handed down last year by U.S. District Judge Albert V. Bryan. These five, plus some of 25 more recent applicants, hope to get into Arlington's schools, including Washington-Lee High School, scheduled to open this week. If they do, Virginia's white-maned Governor J. Lindsay Almond Jr. is required by Virginia law (which he ordered framed and passed) to shut down the schools, cut off all state funds...
...York, Republicans and Democrats met for the election-year business of selecting candidates. Two days later the Democrats left Buffalo tattered and torn with party strife (see below), and beaming Republicans took dead aim on November with a unified front for an appealing ticket. The top Republican nominees: for Governor, square-jawed Millionaire Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, 50, of Manhattan and Westchester County; for U.S. Senator, white-thatched U.S. Representative Kenneth Keating, 58, of upstate Rochester...
...five of the most furious, fantastic days and nights in New York's political history, Democratic leaders in Buffalo fought, shoved, shouted and wept-and came perilously close to kicking away their campaign before it even got started. With Governor Averell Harriman an uncontested shoo-in for renomination, the brawl came on the nomination of a candidate for the U.S. Senate. The ultimate nominee: New York County's five-term District Attorney Frank Hogan, 56. The real winner in the party fracas: New York County's Tammany Hall Boss Carmine De Sapio, after a polished display...