Word: mississippis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...states (Alabama, California, Idaho, Massachusetts, Mississippi and Oregon) have laws instructing electors to vote for the candidate of their party; in the other 42 states, the law is less specific and electors are bound mainly by tradition. As recently as 1948, the tradition was flouted in one instance. Tennessee Elector Preston Parks, though chosen as a Democrat, claimed his constitutional privilege to vote as he pleased. He cast his ballot for States Righter J. Strom Thurmond, and it was so counted...
...angrily charged that Abe Feller's suicide had been brought on by the extra strain of defending Americans at U.N. against "indiscriminate smears and exaggerated charges." Senators McCarran, Willis Smith of North Carolina and James Eastland of Mississippi just as angrily called Lie's accusation "irresponsible," and promised to continue the inquiry...
...three. First is the Regional Scholarship program. Designed to attract top students from every area in the nation, it was introduced in 1929. Eight regions were then designated for purposes of awarding these grants: Western; Rocky Mountain; North Central--consisting of the Mid-Western states west of the Mississippi; Great Lakes; South Central; South Eastern--including the southern seaboard states; North Eastern--made up of Pennsylvania, New York, and Southern New England; and Northern New England. Yale awards at least one of these scholarships to each district annually; most often, 25 or so are given. Donald K. Walker, Chairman...
...schoolboy and as a college freshman--he captained the latter team--Maras was moved to tackle on the varsity. In his junior year the Dukes beat Rose Bowl-bound Pitt, 7 to 0, and went on to trounce Mississippi State in the 1937 Orange Bowl. Maras was captain of the team the next season, and won the Samuel Weiss Award as outstanding scholar-athlete. After graduation in June, 1938, he signed with the professional Pittsburgh Steelers...
...addition to Texan Daniel, five Democrats claimed their sure seats: the five: Mississippi's John. C., Stennis, Florida's Spessard L. Holland, Virginia's Harry Byrd, Rhode Island's John O. Pastore, all incumbents, and Representative Albert Gore...