Word: hardness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...independent and popular liberal. A handsome former truck driver who entered politics when he became angry at the state Commerce Commission, Democrat Hughes was enlisted for the Senate race by Robert Kennedy. A Viet Nam dove and gun-control advocate in a hawkish, rifle-owning state, Hughes was hard pressed by Republican David Stanley, but lowans decided to send their Governor to Washington...
...Food-for-Peace amendment that now sends U.S. farmers as technical advisers abroad, Nixon-back-er Dole easily beat out Democratic Candidate William I. Robinson, a Wichita lawyer. Kentucky. As chief executive officer of Jefferson County (Louisville), Republican Marlow W. Cook, 42, was prepared for advancement. His hard-line policy on Viet Nam and tough stand on riots appealed to Kentucky voters more than the moderately liberal philosophy of his Democratic opponent, former Kentucky Commissioner of Commerce Katherine G. Peden, only woman member of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders...
Maryland. Liberal Republican Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. can thank an indefatigable Irishman for sending him to the Senate. The vote for Independent George P. Mahoney, an eight-time loser of Wallace-type opinions, cut into the total for liberal Democratic Incumbent Daniel B. Brewster. Winner Mathias, 46, a hard-working House member since 1961, has backed civil rights, education bills, Medicare, Appalachian aid, rent supplements and even rat control...
...current position and a previous term as Cook County Sheriff in Mayor Daley's Democratic fiefdom. A World War II tank commander, whose facial injuries left him with a masklike expression, Ogilvie earned fame as a Mafia-busting U.S. special investigator, a fact that helped him win against the hard law-and-order line of Democratic Incumbent Governor Samuel Shapiro...
Indonesia's new leaders did their best to mend the ruptured relationships caused by Sukarno's irrationalities. They also tried hard to persuade Singapore not to carry out the executions of the marines. The Singapore government, however, stuck to its decision, pointing out that the act of sabotage had resulted in the deaths of three persons. And so, in a cold, misty dawn at Singapore's Changi Prison last month, the two were hanged...