Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...East. Buzzed by a swarm of Democrats headed by Arkansas' William Fulbright, Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey and Oregon's Wayne Morse, Dulles said sharply that the Middle Eastern situation is the most dangerous that the U.S. has encountered in ten years. When North Dakota's Republican Bill Langer asked whether the Eisenhower plan would increase the chances of war, Dulles replied categorically: ' would say that if this resolution passes, I think there is little likelihood; but if it does not pass, I think there is a great likelihood...
Shortly before he left office last week, Texas Governor Allan Shivers answered a question that had intrigued Texans since Election Day: Would he appoint a Republican to the Senate seat of incoming Governor Price Daniel? To the Senate, Shivers, an Eisenhower Democrat, sent canny William Arvis Blakley, 58, a Dallas tycoon who is also an Eisenhower Democrat. When newsmen sought out the appointee with an obvious question, shy Billy Blakley handed them an unequivocal answer: he was a lifelong Democrat, would vote that way in any attempt to reorganize the Senate...
Indiana. Balding, bow-tied Republican Harold Willis Handley, 47, who was lieutenant governor when Archenemy George Craig held the statehouse reins, firmly took command of Indiana, called for "enlightened conservatism," sharply criticized federal aid to education ("The Hoosier will not tolerate nationalization of his schools"). Basking in Handley's new glow: Indiana's anti-Craig Senator William Jenner, who gave Handley a couple of helpful hands to office...
Kansas. Banker George Docking, Kansas' first Democratic governor in 20 years, took over in the aftermath of some fatal Republican feuding (TIME, Aug. 20), promised that "all of us will . . . give the citizens of Kansas the good government for which they voted...
West Virginia. Personable, boyish Republican Cecil Underwood, onetime biology teacher and at 34 a veteran of twelve years in the legislature, promised a pack of reforms, e.g., an end to state-employee shakedowns, proposed a new era of Eisenhower Republicanism, took oath of office as haughty outgoing Democrat William Marland looked on unsmilingly...