Word: los
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Los Angeles...
...combat (59 World War II fighter-bomber missions in the Pacific, 100 missions, three MIGs downed in Korea), carries the weightiest decorations (five Distinguished Flying Crosses, 19 Air Medals), is the most famed of the lot (he won headlines in 1957 as the first man to fly supersonically from Los Angeles to New York-piloting a Chance Vought F8U in 3 hr., 23 min.-later won $25,000 on TV's Name That Tune), probably has the most space savvy (McDonnell Aircraft consulted him in blueprinting Project Mercury's space capsule). He is also the champion humorist...
Kennedy is determined to campaign as the man "going to the country for a decision," thus be able to march on the Los Angeles convention as the people's choice. To do it, he is willing to run in the primaries that would do him the most good: Oregon, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. Due soon in Wisconsin to give the first big test to Kennedy findings and theories: Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey...
National League: Milwaukee, 7--Philadelphia, 3; Chicago, 11--San Francisco, 3; St. Louis at Los Angeles...
National League: Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, St. Louis at San Francisco (N), Philadelphia at Cincinati, Chicago at Los Angeles...