Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Glenard 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...
Still smarting from their defeat in New Jersey's 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...
...roulette, 21 (blackjack), bingo and poker. The town has its stories of huge winnings and losses, but individual winnings are restricted by house limits on betting, and nobody ever breaks the bank (the big houses keep week-end reserves of $500,000 and more). Marathon players are commonplace (the local endurance record: 72 hours), and they get breakfast on the house-and lunch and dinner, too, if they are durable...
...caught 300 in the past year. Some said they were deserters from the Chinese army. Others, disguised as lamas, beggars and traders, were riding brashly into India on the Tibetan caravans. Red Chinese troops cross regularly into Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim, cutting timber, surveying the passes, making contact with local Communists...
...Local health officers will be in charge of the program in their areas. Local doctors will give the shots with chapters of the National Foundation supplying volunteer clerical and nursing help. No child will be vaccinated without written consent of parents or guardians. Each child selected will receive three injections, each of 1 cc. of triple vaccine in water, the first two shots a week apart, the third (booster) shot a month later. All shots will be given in the arm and should be virtually painless...