Word: hadly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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"Absolutely Relentless." After killing off SPA, Truman named Symington Assistant Secretary of War for Air. When the Air Force split off from the Army in the defense reorganization of 1947, Symington became the first Air Force Secretary. Like all strong Air Force partisans, he had fought fiercely for a strong...
Running for re-election last year against a woman lawyer, Shoo-In Symington ran a lot harder than he needed to, racked up the most lopsided victory (66.4% of the votes) ever recorded in a Missouri senatorial election. His hard race seemed proof that the Symington-for-President boomlet in...
* In the midst of his Air Force battles in 1947, hard-driving Secretary Symington had to undergo a major, nerve-severing operation for high blood pressure.
¶ Iowa's Democratic Governor Herschel Loveless, who has a vice-presidential gleam in his eye, made an unscheduled sortie across the Mississippi to Moline, Ill., for a testimonial dinner for Massachusetts, hard-running Senator Jack Kennedy. Asked if this meant an endorsement, Loveless smiled and replied: "You can...
Six Negroes managed to get into the swim in two municipal pools in the 27 hours before Miami's four commissioners and Mayor Robert K. High hurriedly restored the "white only" bars. Growling that he had been the victim of a political plot to embarrass him, Mayor High directed...