Word: rans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Democratic nomination for Governor of Arkansas. Not too many people in the capital of Little Rock gave Johnson, an out-and-out segregationist ("I don't shake hands with niggers"), very much notice when he entered the campaign last spring. Many even discounted his chances after he ran first in the July 26 primary, expecting most Democrats to rally in the runoff behind J. Frank Holt, 55, an easygoing moderate and the candidate of the Arkansas machine headed by outgoing Governor Orval Faubus...
Winthrop in Winthrop. Johnson's opponent in November will be Republican Winthrop Rockefeller, 54, who this week opens his campaign in the tiny town of Winthrop (pop. 203). Rockefeller, who has singlehandedly rejuvenated the state G.O.P., won a surprising 43% of the vote when he ran against Faubus in 1964, and had hoped to do even better this time, especially if he faced the lackluster Holt. Johnson's victory not only robs Rockefeller of much of the anti-Faubus vote that came his way two years ago, but also injects into the battle a lively and colorful campaigner...
...Jean-Claude Killy, 23, and Marielle Goitschel, 21, the French were heavy favorites at Portillo. U.S. hopes ran high, too, for a team that Coach Bob Beattie said was in the "best condition ever." Vermont's Billy Kidd, 23, was back in form, recovered from an ankle injury that had forced him out of competition after a series of spectacular victories in Europe last winter. And the rest of the U.S. squad had been training steadily for a full year - at a cost of some...
...Note: This film was shown at the Summer School a decade ago. We reprint herewith the review of it that ran in these pages ten years...
...Though they have done all they can to pick up strike-caused traffic, they are embarrassed by the fact that many potential passengers call their ticket offices, get busy signals, and assuming that the situation is hopeless, give up. American, which has had some flights depart with unfilled seats, ran ads last week trying to smooth over the situation. "Come out to the American terminal at the airport," the ads urged. "If the flight you want is all booked up, there's a pretty good chance we'll get you on a later flight. We'll help...