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...Massachusetts' Third District, the peace candidate is Father Robert Drinan. A Jesuit priest and Dean of the Boston College Law School, Father Drinan defeated 72-year-old incumbent Democrat Philip Philbin '18 in the September 15th Democratic primary. Given little chance of defeating Philbin who was labeled a "hack" by the Wall Street Journal, Father Drinan surprised everyone with his decisive victory...
Newton, where Democrat The Rev. Robert F. Drinan, S.J., dean of the Boston College Law School, is opposing Republican State Rep. John A. McGlennon and incumbent Rhillip Philbin, who announced yesterday he will run as a "sticker" (write-in) candidate...
Successful political Candidates usually ascribe their victories to the wisdom of the voters. But not the Rev. Robert Drinan, the Jesuit who last week upset Congressman Philip Philbin, a 14-term House veteran, in the Massachusetts Democratic primary. "It was a miracle," said Drinan, who is on leave from his deanship at Boston College Law School. It was, however, something a lot more mundane that made Drinan almost a sure bet to become the first Catholic cleric in 145 years to go to Congress...
...Philbin, 72, barely bestirred himself. He relied on the state's tradition of renominating House incumbents. He also reminded voters that, as No. 2 man on the Armed Services Committee, he attracts defense spending to the district. That approach had been effective in the past, but not against Drinan's young machine. The count was Drinan, 28,612, Philbin...
...household words. Two of the leading academicians in the class, however, are city planner Charles Eliot, who taught at the School of Design, and composer Randall Thompson, who taught in the College's music department. Other men of interest include Gilbert Hood, of Hood Milk, hawkish Congressman Philip J. Philbin (D-Mass.), Sidney Rabb, owner of Stop and Shop, and Franklin Vorenberg, president of Gilchrist's and father of the Harvard Law professor, Hood solicited $400,000 this year for the class gift...