Word: phredonia
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...your Sept. 17 article on Estes Kefauver, the statement is made that Phredonia Estes was descended from the d'Este family, rulers of Ferrara. According to most known accounts, the family died out in the 18th century. Furthermore, I cannot conceive of any descendant of such a royal house allowing his name to degenerate to Estes...
When Harry Truman's Chicago endorsement of Averell Harriman seemed to throw the nomination open again, some of Kefauver's supporters urged him to jump back into the contest. Kefauver refused; Phredonia's lessons were too strong in him. "I felt," he says, "that I had given my word." He worked hard and faithfully to switch his delegates to Stevenson -and his efforts helped give Stevenson a first-ballot nomination...
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