Word: oklahoman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Criswell's shadowy role is the surest sign that it will be a Johnson convention in form, if not in its decisions. The President posits his confidence in the Oklahoman on his ability to operate invisibly and with unquestioning loyalty-Johnson's prime criterion for any political trusty and the secret of Criswell's success. Thus in his two years as National Committee Treasurer, Criswell has regarded personal publicity as almost sinful. He makes a habit of not returning phone calls from the political provinces, and has exacerbated the estrangement of the national organization from state...
...Washington. He was a newspaperman before becoming former Governor J. Howard Edmondson's press secretary. He moved to Washington when Edmondson had himself appointed Senator in 1963 but was out of a job upon the Senator's defeat in a 1964 runoff primary. Jim Jones, a fellow Oklahoman working for Johnson, arranged a National Committee post. Jones was rising in status at the White House as an aide to Marvin Watson, now Postmaster General, and with his help Criswell moved up notch by notch in the National Committee. When a new treasurer was needed, Jones immediately recommended Criswell...
...oldest was Edward King Gaylord, 95. Yet he was far from the least active. Characteristically, the Oklahoma City publisher attended almost every session of the four-day affair and found time as well to pay a call on his newspapers' national advertising representative, George Katz, 96. The Oklahoman's only complaint: "In New York, people get to work too late and go home too early...
...week, participating as much as ever in the writing and editing of his papers. Such concentration has made him not only the leading press lord of his state but also its most powerful citizen. In addition to putting out the state's biggest papers, the morning Daily Oklahoman (circ. 190,000) and the afternoon Oklahoma City Times (118,000), his Oklahoma Publishing Co. owns the state's largest TV and radio stations, its largest trucking express service, the Farmer-Stockman (450,000), a monthly reaching farmers throughout the Southwest...
...strikes by any service, the trim, soft-spoken Momyer (pronounced Moe-meyer) is the officer responsible not only for rolling the thunder over North Viet Nam but for directing all air operations in South Viet Nam in his role as deputy commander of MACV in Saigon. An Oklahoman who was a World War II fighter ace, Momyer has done so well at his job since he arrived in Viet Nam 18 months ago that President Johnson personally asked him to extend his tour of duty for at least another six months. Only last month, Momyer won his fourth general...