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...made them big moneymakers, and sold them for more than $1,000,000 in 1948 when he ran for Congress for the first time. Twice elected, once by the biggest plurality ever rolled up in San Diego County, he tried unsuccessfully last year for the Senate against Republican William Knowland, now Senate majority leader...
...Paul Lipscomb, endorsed by his local party organization, was backed by Vice President Richard Nixon and California's new Governor Goodwin Knight. The other Republican, John L. Collier, was the candidate of the opposing faction (followers of ex-Governor Earl Warren, now U.S. Chief Justice, and Senator William Knowland). The Democratic candidate was George Arnold, 32-year-old son of Trustbuster Thurman Arnold and a son-in-law of Columnist Drew Pearson...
...Sixth Congressional District, national G.O.P. leaders were afraid that Arnold would get more votes than either Lipscomb or Collier. More and more local Republicans recognized the need to get behind one candidate. They went all-out for Nixon's man, Lipscomb, with an effectiveness that Senator Knowland reflected when, four days before the election, he, too, issued an endorsement of Lipscomb. The 24th District stayed Republican after all. The vote: Lipscomb 42,880, Arnold 34,545, Collier...
...Collier, 49, a big, blunt manufacturer's agent who for seven years has represented another section of the district in the State Assembly. Collier is regarded as a member of the party faction that has been headed by U.S. Chief Justice Earl Warren and U.S. Senator William Knowland. Since there was no primary, there was no simple way to eliminate either of the candidates. Despite the official organization efforts in Lipscomb's behalf. Collier seems certain to split the vote seriously...
...William Knowland...