Word: johnson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cover of last Nov. 24 carried pictures of seven leading Democratic presidential hopefuls-Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson, Robert Meyner, John Kennedy, Stuart Symington and Pat Brown-and all autographed the same copy. Carter also has signed covers from Vice President Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller. Among others in his autographed collection: Harry Truman and Thomas E. Dewey (both on the same 1948 pre-Election Day issue), John Foster Dulles, Chiang Kaishek, Toscanini, Nehru, the Duke of Windsor and the Morocco Riff leader, Abd el Krim...
Overnight the presidential future books trembled: Nixon clearly stood with McClellan for a sterner labor bill in defense of rank-and-file rights; Kennedy lost face; Humphrey, in absentia, looked silly. And on close second look Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Baines Johnson, famous for his deft control of the Senate, looked like the man who had let it all happen. Wags whispered that his L.B.J. initials meant "Let's Block Jack...
Coach Norm Shepard will start fast-balling right-hander Wally Cook on the mound this afternoon, and follow with either Byron Johnson or Ed Wadsworth on Saturday. Cook lost his two starting efforts against Navy and Springfield, but the sophomore has been counted on heavily in Shepard's pitching plans...
...this week Wadsworth is a good bet to draw the assignment at Princeton. His control much improved over last season, Wadsworth walked only two batters while striking out four to compile his third victory against one loss. However, he would be working after only three days rest, while Johnson's last start was a strong, nine-inning stint at West Point last Saturday...
...Johnson drew warm applause when he spoke to the 47th annual meeting of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce about paring down the spending total and said, "I believe in a balanced budget...