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...Congressmen agreed. In Los Angeles, Arizona's Barry Goldwater said: "A lot of people in my home town have been attracted to the society, and I am impressed by the type of people in it. They are the kind we need in politics." Republican Congressman Edgar Hiestand of California called the attacks "a pro-Communist smear," proudly noted that both he and John Rousselot, another California Republican, are Birchers. Ohio Republican Gordon Scherer, a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, said that although he was not a member, he "looked favorably on this organization...
...California Democrats Dalip S. Saund, the only Hindu in Congress (he was born in Amritsar, India, is a naturalized American), and Jimmy Roosevelt were both reelected. Rudd Brown, granddaughter of William Jennings Bryan, failed in her second attempt to unseat Republican Edgar W. Hiestand...
Among the 853 Vandalia marksmen were many in uniform. Captain Joe Hiestand of Fort Myers, Fla., became the first four-time winner of the North American Clay Targets* by breaking 200 clay birds in a row. J. K. Stark, a 41-year-old sales manager from San Antonio, dropped into Vandalia for a day, decided to enter the National Doubles Clay Target Championship,** won with...
...basis of past performances, the two outstanding U. S. trapshooters last week were 31-year-old Joe Hiestand of Hillsboro, Ohio, and 31-year-old Lela Hall of Strasburg, Mo. (pop. 144). During the week Farmer Hiestand broke 900 clay pigeons without a miss for a new world's record long run of 966, including 200 straight in the North American men's championship, which he won for the third time. Housewife Hall, who has ample time to practice because her husband owns a restaurant, has been called the best shot since Annie Oakley. During 1937 she shot...
...Hiestand broke 96 birds, enough to win in some years but only good enough last week to put him in a tie for third place, which he won after a shoot-off. Winner was a 51 -year-old Seabord Air Line Railway conductor from Tallahassee, Fla., named Jordan B. Royall. No novice, Royall has been shooting for nine years, has been a Florida champion for four of the last five. Nonetheless, partly because he had never entered the Grand American before, few shooters at Vandalia knew who he was until, firing from 20 yd., he broke 98 targets...