Word: oregon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Informed that his name will be entered in next year's Democratic primary in Minnesota by petition (the candidate's consent is not required), Truman replied to Minnesota's Democratic Senator Hubert Humphrey: "Thank you." When he was told that he will be placed in the Oregon primary by petition, he said nothing...
When Illinois' Senator Douglas was informed that petitions were being circulated to put him in the Oregon race against Truman, he sent a wire asking his friends to desist. Then Douglas tried for a 100% no. On a nationwide radio hookup, he said: "I will have to do the Sherman* and say that I would not run if nominated, I would not serve if elected . . . and I am no more a candidate for the vice presidency than I am for the presidency...
...postponed its shooting schedule, sadly announced that it had shipped its 240-lb. singing star Mario Lanza (TIME, Aug. 6) off to the Oregon woods to diet, chop wood for a month,' and slim down to a reasonable...
...Oregon will vigorously oppose the use of its water resources in the manner described in your story. Many sections of California oppose the bureau's plan...
After a skittish mare kicked Oregon's Republican Maverick Wayne Morse smack in the mouth at the Orkney Springs, Va. horse show, Washington reporters called at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. to see how the Senator was feeling, got their answer in a written note: "I have learned to roll with political kicks and punches, but I haven't learned how to absorb the kick of a horse...