Word: presidental
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The people are not following because they are in a state of denial. We are about to lose a part of the American dream and to follow Carter is to accept rather than deny. When they perceive the paucity of paths before them, Americans will support the President's...
DIED. Walter F. O'Malley, 75, former president of the Brooklyn Dodgers who in 1958 moved "da bums" to Los Angeles, thus introducing major league baseball to the West Coast; of a heart attack; in Rochester, Minn. A brusque, chunky man who called himself "Fatso," O'Malley made...
DIED. David J. McDonald, 76, president of the United Steelworkers of America (1952-65); of cancer; in Palm Springs, Calif. A third-generation labor organizer, McDonald claimed, "I was born with a union spoon in my mouth." In 1959 he staged one of the costliest strikes in U.S. history-a...
DIED. Jacob S. Potofsky, 84, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (1946-72); in New York City. At 15, the Ukrainian-born Potofsky joined fellow pantsmakers in a strike that led to the founding of the Amalgamated by Sidney Hillman. As Hillman's protege, he helped to...
How I Spent My Summer Vacation, by Edward Moore Kennedy, Massachusetts' Senator: When the Congress finally adjourned, I carried on a family tradition. Gathering up 15 children, including my Kara, Teddy Jr. and Patrick, as well as Ethel's Christopher, Max, Douglas and Rory, Eunice's Mark...