Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After a flurry of letters lasting all week, plans fell through when Dean Landis refused to debate Professor Hermens unless Mayor Lyons also participated. The Mayor was willing to appear in a theoretical discussion of proportional representation, but he declined to speak against Dean Landis on the need for a city manager here...
Moore and Smith have hunted and fished together all their lives. Sam lived on one side of Sandy Springs' main drag, Moore on the other. This year the two sides of town decided to join under one government, and Smith and Moore were both put up for mayor. After two Lincoln-Douglas debates ("once on the depot platform and the other time down at the spring"), each got 100 votes. The election committee knew better than to hold another ballot, so Smith and Moore became co-mayors...
...general store. Knottier problems they solve by flipping a coin. Their work is strenuous, for "nearly 300 people live in or near Sandy Springs," says Moore. So neither has much time left for farming. They are not making much money out of their joint job. Said Co-Mayor Moore last week: "Our policeman collects the taxes. What is left after he is paid is divided equally betwixt Mr. Smith and me. But up to now we have not got anything, and the policeman is due $14 in back...
...Fighting Squadron, U. S. Naval Air Corps (aboard the carrier Lexington). He joined Britain's Fleet Air Arm last year, served on the carriers Argus, Furious, Glorious (sunk at Narvik). Most piquant Eagle name: Harry La Guardia of Hartford, Conn. (no kin to New York City's Mayor...
Ducking out of a conference with New York City's Mayor LaGuardia, Thomas ("the Cork") Corcoran forgot to duck when he entered a small city-owned car. He shattered the glass dome light with his head, was treated for a nasty cut on his crown...