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...runoff, thus virtually assuring his election in November as Mississippi's next Governor. By 362,300 votes to 304,200, Williams, a 21 -year congressional veteran and arch-segregationist who was stripped of his House seniority by Democrats for supporting Barry Goldwater in 1964, defeated State Treasurer Wil liam Winter, a racial moderate backed by Mississippi's Negro leaders. Also defeated were all 22 Negro candidates-for local and county offices, including four for sheriff...
...stand against the rising hemline and resist. But she may soon find herself in a dwindling minority. Dress Designer Mainbocher speaks comfortingly of "client length," but he admits that his skirts are a full inch shorter than last year, now just shadow the knee. And even Mrs. Wil liam Paley, secure in the Best-Dressed Hall of Fame, has heard the call: "I'm wearing mine slightly above the knee, but I honestly don't know what I'm going to do in the future...
...week a bill began moving through the Pennsylvania legislature to provide an emergency appropriation of $1,250,000 just so the private university can meet its July payroll. The school is seeking $4,000,000 more in extra state help to get through the next 14 months. Governor Wil liam Scranton has ordered the State Council of Higher Education to investigate Pitt's finances. The Ford Foundation has appointed Indiana University Chancellor Herman B. Wells to head a study of the school's future...
...accusation grew out of the paralysis that has gripped the state legislature in Albany for three weeks while the Democrats, divided between pro-and anti-Wagnerians, have been unable to fill the leadership posts. Wagner charged that Democratic State Chairman Wil liam McKeon, originally appointed with his blessing, had offered an "inducement"-including a "double lulu"-to two Wagner men if they would switch their votes away from the mayor's candidates...
Warnecke, 45, was a logical choice to design the site. Kennedy idolized his heroics as a Stanford University football hero and with his art adviser Wil liam Walton, picked him to renovate Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Square. "This may be the only monument we leave," said Kennedy. His widow chose Warnecke to leave one more...