Word: jersey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...noting that he had lost to the organi zation candidate by only 52,000 votes, Forbes altered his tactics. He continued to nail outstretched hands, and mailed out family-photo Christmas cards to more than 5,000 New Jersey voters. But he also spent the time between elections cultivating the Garden State's G.O.P...
...Meyner will not be easy. Constitutionally, the governor of New Jersey has more patronage and power than any other governor in the land; Meyner is generally conceded to have used his to build up a young, effective and shrewd organization. Last week, while Forbes was drubbing Dumont with a vote of 215,565 to 125,602, Meyner, unopposed and running without campaigning, approached 200,000 votes. He intends to fight with everything he has, and in addition, Democratic leaders would be delighted if they could present him as a prospective father by election time (at his press conferences reporters have...
...boss, or have found sugar-daddies to support them." Money-mad males survive by corruption. "Most of America's metropolitan areas are controlled by grafters and gangster elements," added Coulter, who in his seven years in the U.S. has done most of his traveling as a New Jersey-Manhattan commuter. Before taking a driver's test in New York, he related, he was assured that he would never pass "unless you 'accidentally' leave a five-dollar bill on the seat beside the inspector."* Recounting one attempt by a New York lawyer "to put money into...
Coulter, 53, a greying Londoner who has a degree in economics from the University of London, an apartment in Manhattan and a country place in New Jersey, allowed that "there are many aspects of American life which are excellent. The Americans' willingness to experiment and change is completely refreshing. Their generosity is fabulous." At his Rockefeller Center office, Coulter confided: "I enjoy living here. It would be a hardship to live anywhere else." Why, then, his disparaging article? "This is rather embarrassing," said he. "The piece was intended for British consumption. People without skills who think of coming...
...companies in 1956 now numbers record 81 with assets of that amount. New members: Massachusetts Investors Trust Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Detroit Bank & Trust Co., Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. Likely candidates for admission this year-Anaconda Co., International Paper Co., Public Service Electric & Gas Co. of New Jersey...