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Word: referendum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Second District, Republican Errett Scrivner, best remembered for his demand for the return of the suit with two pairs of pants during World War II, has held forth for 15 years. Scrivner should win against Lawyer Newell George-but Kansas is holding a right-to-work referendum and labor is working furiously in industrial Kansas City, which lies in Scrivner's district. Similarly, in the First District, Republican Incumbent William Avery should win against Topeka Lawyer Robert Domme but is plagued by a migration away from the farm towns to Topeka, where labor's C.O.P.E. is battling right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDWEST: Congressional Fights Tax the G.O.P. | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

...Council referendum on NSA planned for late this week, is "the best way to discover how students really feel about membership." Beck pointed out that the 1956-57 and 1957-58 Student Councils showed enough interest in NSA to enter and place first and third, respectively, in the annual student-government project contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NSA Leader Hits Council 'Irrationality' | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

Final results on Wednesday's Student Council referendum show that 220 Freshmen and 1005 resident upperclassmen voted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Results Known In Referendum Vote | 10/18/1958 | See Source »

Four out of five amendments to the constitution of the Student Council were voted by overwhelming majorities in yesterday's student referendum. Only a small Dudley vote remained to make the results official...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Four Amendments Pass In Council Referendum | 10/17/1958 | See Source »

Another section of the referendum provides that a motion may be passed by a simple majority rather than the two-thirds vote now required...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students to Participate In First Referendum | 10/16/1958 | See Source »

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