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...morning after a hurried breakfast with the Cabinet, the President flew off to Amarillo, Texas for a fast personal inspection of the parched plains and a conference with the governors of six drought-ridden states: Texas' Allan Shivers, Colorado's Dan Thornton, New Mexico's Edwin Mechem, Oklahoma's Johnston Murray, Kansas' Edward Arn, Arkansas' Francis Cherry...
...Mexico: Edwin L. Mechem...
Republican v. Republican. The Republicans' handsome Ed Mechem, an ex-FBI man who was elected governor in 1950 after 20 years of Democratic rule, is running hard for reelection. White-maned Pat Hurley, the colorful Republican candidate for U.S. Senator, almost seems to be running against the Mechem wing of his own party. Hurley's main target: Mechem-sponsored G.O.P. State Chairman Harry Robins, who openly opposed Hurley for the senatorial nomination...
...greeted by an enthusiastic crowd and signs-"How, Big Chief Eisenhower." After sitting through a parade of tribal dancers, Ike began his speech: "Governor Mechem, Chairman Ahkeah . . . and I hope I may say my brethren of the Zuni, Hopis, Apaches, Papagos, Rio Grande Pueblos, Navajos, the Sioux . . ." He got a huge round of applause as he rattled off the Indian names, continued: "I am particularly sensitive to the great honor you have done me . . . asking as your guest one belonging to the profession [Army] that in years past was your enemy . . . Out of the stories that surrounded that epic campaign...
...Kirke L. Mechem 1G won the Francis Boott prize of $100 for the best composition in concerted vocal music...