Word: oregon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jobless Democrat likely to be left behind in the march to the New Frontier is Oregon's rambunctious ex-Congressman Charles O. Porter. Defeated in a third-term bid last November, Porter swiftly submitted his "qualifications" for 23 different patronage jobs to the Democratic National Committee. Admits Porter: "They haven't given me the time...
...briefly crossed paths in the U.S. Senate, then went their respective ways. At a reception for new members of Congress, Oregon Democrat Maurine Neuberger, taking the Senate seat held by her husband Richard until his death last March, got a brotherly buss from Democratic Elder Statesman Adlai Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador-designate to the U.N. Meanwhile, after 24 years in the Senate, Rhode Island's durable Democrat Theodore Francis Greene - having walked, swum and cerebrated himself to the hearty age of 93 - left that august body (voluntarily, because he could surely have been re-elected had he chosen...
...contest, open to all college students, was inspired by a magazine article by a University of Oregon junior, entitled, "God Roars in the Pines." In the article the student criticized the Church for falling to give youth "a cause worth living for, a cause...
...Liberty Bowl Football Game (NBC, 12:45 to final gun). Philadelphia's bowl entry, Oregon v. Penn State. Color...
...while it seemed that every col lege coach in every sport wanted Baker, who finally chose Oregon State after cautioning Coach Prothro that he might not even go out for football. True to his warning, Baker passed up freshman football; he was determined to get good grades in engineering. Recalls Professor Richard L. Richardson: "On his second day of school as a freshman, Terry raised his hand and asked if the homework amounted to nothing more than it appeared to be. I said 'No,' and he shook his head in disgust. Everybody in the class gave...