Word: paule
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite Hubert Humphrey's victory, Democratic Senate candidate Paul O'Dwyer was swamped by veteran Sen. Jacob K. Javits. O'Dwyer, who was nominated as a result of the large McCarthy vote in the primary, did not have the support of the regular Democratic machine and was never given much of a chance against the popular Javits. The New York House delegation remained largely the same but several races provided interest. In New York City Mrs. Shirley Chisholm, a Democrat, became the first Negro woman ever elected to Congress when she defeated James Farmer, former head of Core. Allard...
...basis of Wallace's surprisingly poor showing. Wallace drew only about 16 per cent in Texas, a state which had been rated as a three-way toss-up. Lt. Gov. Preston Smith, more conservative than retiring Gov. John Connally, coasted to a comfortable victory over little-known Republican Paul Eggers. The Republicans evidently picked up one seat in the House, winning Joe Pool's West Dallas seat...
...United States Olympic Committee attempted to curtail their "political" activities during high altitude training, accused them of trying to "disrupt the team," and then planned to send coxswain Paul Hoffman home for alleged complicity in the Smith-Carlos black power protest the night before the final race. If Hoffman had been judged guilty of conspiring, it is probable that the U.S. would not have entered a boat in the finals since individuals on Harvard's crew were not willing to row without...
Harvard's involvement with the black athletes dates from even before the "Act of Conscience in support of the Olympic Project for Human Rights" (OPHR) issued by six members of the crew in July. Immediately after the trials in Long Beach, Cleve Livingston and Paul Hoffman had traveled up to San Jose to speak with Harry Edwards, a co-founder with Martin Luther King of the OPHR and advisor to Tommy Smith and Lee Evans...
...change will be to a more serious approach, allowing those exhausted to rest, and permitting real constructive action, Paul Chalmer, a Resistance leader said...