Word: oregon
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...more than foreign aid was at issue in Dirksen's victory. And elsewhere, Republican and Democratic internationalists were back in new strength. Michigan's ailing Arthur Vandenberg expected to be back on the Senate floor in January. New Hampshire's Tobey, Vermont's George Aiken, Oregon's Wayne Morse and Wisconsin's Alexander Wiley would be around for at least another six years. Their team had added a potent freshman in Pennsylvania's burly Jim Duff, and it had sent an ancient opponent, Missouri's Forrest Donnell, to the showers. In high...
...World War II veterans' bonus was irresistible. Montana, Oregon and West Virginia voted themselves onto the list of 18 states which already have authorized such jackpots. Veterans in Oklahoma spearheaded a decisive vote in another direction-against a referendum urging world federalism...
...Eugene Millikin, jovial, conservative G.O.P. stalwart, showed surprising strength in defeating Fair Dealer John Carroll in Colorado. ¶ Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa, Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin and Homer Capehart of Indiana, three conservative Midwest Republicans, beat their Fair Deal opponents. Three members of the G.O.P.'s progressive wing, Oregon's Wayne Morse, New Hampshire's Charles Tobey and Vermont's George Aiken, also won handily...
Early Republican returns showed the expected pattern, with Senators Charles W. Tobey of New Hampshire, Wayne Morse of Oregon, Frank Carison of Kansas, Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa, Homer E. Capebart of Indiana, Henry C. Dworshak of Idaho, Milton R. Young of North Dakota and Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin retaining their seats...
...Oregon, Republican maverick Senator Wayne Morse was running against a Democrat who was far to the right of him. Democrat Howard Latourette complained bitterly that the Truman Administration was giving him no help. The Veep conspicuously skipped Oregon in his western barnstorming and, when asked, elaborately failed to remember the Democrat's name. He added: "I like Wayne Morse. He is an attractive man." Morse was considered a shoo...