Word: ralph
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...RALPH E. NYE Webster Groves...
...doors of the governor's mansion in Austin swinging wide open for quiet, conservative U.S. Senator Price Daniel. Home from Washington to run for the job he had always wanted, he easily outdistanced five other hopefuls, led his nearest opponent, oft-defeated Austin Attorney Ralph Yarborough, by 165,000 (TIME, Aug. 6). But Daniel did not get a majority of the votes, was forced into a runoff primary with Yarborough, and that was a different story. Yarborough picked up support from the candidates who had fallen in the first primary; after a wild race to the wire, Daniel...
...time between the general election and his January inauguration, in which case his successor will be picked in a singleshot, leader-take-all special election. Already a declared Senate candidate and the early favorite: ultraconservative, Red-chasing Congressman at Large Martin Dies. Likely to give Dies his toughest competition: Ralph Yarborough...
...Stacked Like Cordwood." Indeed, the timing and form of convention news breaks, on the floor and off, was shaped to the demands of TV. Said one CBS producer: "The smart politicians just automatically seem to give us priority." Said Atlanta Constitution Editor Ralph McGill: "A reporter who doesn't represent one of the big outfits doesn't have a chance any more of getting in to talk with one of the big figures. The politicians say: 'I'd rather be on TV. Why should I see this writer?' " At one point, there were so many...
...Limb. In Los Angeles, claiming innocence when detectives questioned him about bookmaking, Ralph Pattison said he had been trying to place a bet, not take one, was arrested when the officers found $3,233 in cash and a betting slip in his wooden...