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...Goldwater lifted the Beech up, over the emerald quiltwork of irrigation land, over the purple Rincon peaks, over the state whose every wrinkle he knows and loves, heading southeast for the first stop of the day in his campaign to defend his U.S. Senate seat against Democratic Governor Ernest McFarland...
...Hump from India to China-he came home to head a reform slate to clean up Phoenix's city government. He earned such public acclaim for doing just that-and cutting taxes to boot-that in 1952 he felt sassy enough to tackle Democratic Senator Ernest W. McFarland, Harry Truman's majority leader. Homespun Ernie scarcely deigned to notice this lively upstart. But in the Eisenhower landslide, Goldwater squeaked in by 7,000 votes...
Meanwhile, back at the statehouse, Old Foe Ernest McFarland, elected Arizona's Governor in 1954, nursed his grudge against Goldwater, never missed a ribbon-cutting, a chance to wave at a gathering of constituents or shake an Arizona hand. Last week McFarland opened his senatorial campaign in Willcox. where 50,000 Arizonans were conveniently gathered for the Rex Allen Days-two days of homage to Willcox's most prominent son, the movie cowpoke and star of TV's Frontier Doctor. Stalking the vote, addressing every male under 80 as "young man," Ernie paced Haskell Avenue, patting juvenile...
...Arizona, Democrat Ernest McFarland, bumped out of the U.S. Senate by Republican Tenderfoot Barry Goldwater in 1952, leaped from Arizona's governorship to the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator by 104,000 to 39,000 over weak opposition-a show of strength that for the first time rated him a chance to beat Goldwater in November...
...Philippines flew off to a banquet in Phoenix, fell victim to feckless staff work in ad-libbing a surprise, honor-giving speech for Arizona Newsman Fritz Marquardt. Said Garcia: "I would like to award a decoration to one who has done a great deal for the Philippines: Governor Ernest McFarland." Democrat McFarland sat by red-faced as an aide rushed up to announce that the award was meant for Marquardt. Leaping after the fumble, Garcia failed to clear the air with another try: "Ladies and gentlemen, when he comes to Washington, Governor McFarland will receive his decoration," learned that Senatorial...