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...Oregonian, I am ashamed; as a woman, I am outraged; but as a citizen of the U.S.-aware that the future of our country must lie in hands like these-I am deeply and bitterly frightened...
...PORTLAND OREGONIAN: The strange, brilliant, ruthless man who is Oregon's senior Senator, Wayne Lyman Morse, reached the full stature of a demagogue in his campaign to prevent Clare Boothe Luce from serving as Ambassador of the United States to Brazil. In subverting the will of the President and 79 colleagues in the Senate who voted to confirm the nomination, Senator Morse won what may seem to him a victory over his chosen enemy, President Eisenhower. But many of his constituents are ashamed...
...Businessman Newhouse has been completely fascinated by newspapers ("I like the glamour"), has memorized such a store of data about the nation's press that he can often calculate within minutes whether or not to buy: in 1955 he decided to pay $5,500,000 for the Portland Oregonian after a single phone call. Only two of his 14 papers were solidly in the black at purchase (the Oregonian and the Birmingham News); now all are making money...
...have become convinced," said the Oregonian, "that certain persons have had access to advance information regarding answers to some of the puzzles." The Journal's apology, which ran under a six-column head, offered more details: "Our investigations have shown beyond any doubt that at least one of our winning contestants was able to win $2,600 in prize money because of information supplied, through several Portland intermediaries, from persons operating in Detroit...
...Journal's current Cashword Puzzle. Sure enough, Alvich won $2,950 and. still following instructions, wired $2,000 to one "Harry Valk'' in Detroit. Meantime, a Portland disk jockey. Fitzgerald ("Eager") Beaver, admitted that he had been similarly set up to win $1,700 from the Oregonian, had also sent the lion's share of the loot to Detroit...