Word: higley
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Former City Councilors W. Donnison Swan and Chester A. Higley, both CCA-endorsed, were defeated by Morton and Watson...
...endorsed incumbent Chester A. Higley thinks there would be a change in Council personnel if PR is thrown out. "I don't think there would be as much say for minority groups; things would be very much one-sided. Primaries make for machine politics. We'd have the same moss as they have in Boston." Higley is a good bet for mayor if the CCA maintains its Council majority--and it should...
Although on the other side of the Atkinson issue, Chester A. Higley and W. Donnison Swan are two councillors worthy of re-election. Swan's financial ability alone, which saves the Council from often fantastic ventures and founds its policies on practicality makes his re-election necessary. Higley's conscientious study of everything at Council meetings, and bis high personal integrity are sound reasons for backing Higley...
...Administrator of Veterans Affairs: Harvey V. Higley, 60, a Wisconsin banker, businessman (the Ansul Chemical Co.), politician (onetime state Republican chairman), and former state commander of the American Legion...
...attack, and Councilor W. Dennison Swan '17 shouted: "This is a shame and a disgrace to the council . . . I can see the fine hand with the Italian dagger plunged into the back." Councillors jumped up, shouted their pieces, and vented emotional steam. Two opposition councillors, Swan and Chester A. Higley, made an attempt to get the council to reconsider its action, but the try proved feeble; reconsideration was defeated 5 to 2 with two absent...