Word: hogans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...margins in suburban Westchester and Nassau Counties, held Harriman below 60% of the vote in New York City by scoring heavily with liberals, independents, minority groups. Rockefeller carried in with him the Republican state ticket, led by upstate Congressman Kenneth Keating, elected U.S. Senator over Tammany-backed Democrat Frank Hogan. Conceded a game Averell Harriman, 66: "I congratulate Mr. Rockefeller and extend to him my best wishes...
...YORK, Oct. 31--Featherweight Champion Hogan Kid Bassey, a stubby warrior from Nigeria, dropped shifty Carmelo Costa twice on the way to an unanimous decision tonight in a non-title 10-rounder at Madison Square Garden. Bassey weighed 127, Costa...
...attacks on Hogan were worn down, however, by a steady dose of facts. He was an effective and popular District Attorney, receiving the support of all parties in his campaign for the office; therefore, it was rather difficult for the Republicans suddenly to condemn him. These considerations would have made him a very strong candidate, had his nomination taken place under different circumstances...
...Republicans have dropped the Tammany issue, for they probably discovered that the ogre of Tammany Hall was a real menace only to convinced Republicans and that harping on the issue would just alienate independent voters. At the same time, they have failed to hit hard at Hogan's chief weakness as a Senatorial candidate--his inexperience in national affairs...
After the early excitement, the campaign rapidly settled down into a dull, listless affair, and it has remained so ever since. The candidates rarely seem to speak the same language. Hogan discusses crime and maintains his "liberalism;" Keating defends Eisenhower's Formosa policy and makes a pointless offer to investigate the Atlanta temple bombing (before a Jewish audience, of course). Harriman attacks the Eisenhower administration and accuses Rockefeller of "posing as a liberal;" Rockefeller says Harriman is "boss dominated" and claims he will "anticipate problems instead of waiting for them to occur...