Word: oklahomans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harris' biggest asset has been his courage in espousing liberal causes that are often anathema to his conservative Oklahoman constituents. As a member of the Kerner Commission, which investigated black-ghetto rioting in 1967, Harris, son of a Mississippi-born sharecropper, was the principal advocate of the commission's strongly worded condemnation of white racism and its demands for programs to wipe out Negro slums. "If I can come to see these things," Harris is fond of saying, "anyone...
...Oklahoman Bud Wilkinson, 52, ex-football coach, will be a special consultant on reducing the number of proliferating presidential commissions. A TV sports commentator, Wilkinson moderated a number of Nixon's local TV question-and-answer programs during the campaign. Wilkinson's one venture into elective politics was Oklahoma's 1964 Senate race; he lost in an upset to Fred Harris, who will take over as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee...
Bryce N. Harlow, 52, is the old man of the operation. He will be the assistant with primary responsibility for congressional relations-the President's chief lobbyist. But he is also expected to be a general adviser in a number of fields, including national security. An Oklahoman, Harlow served as General George Marshall's Capitol Hill liaison man during World War II, later headed the House Armed Services Committee staff and became a White House assistant under Dwight Eisenhower. During the Kennedy-Johnson years he was Procter & Gamble's chief Washington representative...
Newest moonface to shine is Bob Murphy, 25, a 5 ft. 10 in., 210-lb. redhead who last week rolled and scrambled to a sudden-death triumph over Oklahoman Labron Harris in the $100,000 Philadelphia Golf Classic. Murph the Girth shot a twelve-under-par 276 for 72 holes, then rammed home a 15-ft. birdie putt on the third play-off hole to gain his first professional victory and the $20,000 winner's check. The previous week he led the $250,000 Westchester Classic after three rounds, only to lose to Boros on the final hole...
...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...