Word: richmond
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...There have been three U.S. Navy ships named Texas. The first was an ironclad ram captured from the Confederates in 1865 at the jail of Richmond. The second Texas took part in the Spanish-American War. In 1921 she was used as a target in Chesapeake Bay in Billy Mitchell's effort to show that a plane could sink a ship, and it is in Chesapeake Bay that she still lies. The third Texas, a veteran of World Wars I and II, was towed from Norfolk to Texas in 1948, where she has become a historical shrine near Houston...
...Democratic stronghold, or at least to come close. But even in defeat, Republicans, long lacking an effective city organization, had some reason to feel encouraged by the outcome. Lefkowitz, polling 836,553 votes, did better than expected and carried ten of 65 assembly districts, including the entire borough of Richmond (Staten Island), which Wagner won by 18,600 votes in 1957. In The Bronx, running with the support of the labor-backed Liberal Party, Republican Joseph F. Periconi won the borough presidency from a hand-picked candidate of Congressman Charles Buckley, most puissant of the Democratic bosses...
...engine was beginning to lose power. Coming in for an emergency landing, the pilot discovered that the nose wheel was not locked down into place. He pulled up the laboring Constellation, began to circle for another approach-and smashed into a swampy wood outside Richmond, Va. The crash and fire last week killed 74 Army recruits who were being flown to Fort Jackson, S.C., and touched off bitter criticism of the Army's system of transporting troops...
...college football, it was the week of the powerhouses. Texas strengthened its position as the nation's top-ranked team when, sparked by the breakaway running of Halfback James Saxton, it overwhelmed tough and bulky Baylor 33-7. While second-ranked Alabama smothered Richmond, third-ranked Ohio State, its bruising ground attack contained by stubborn Indiana, turned to such innovations (for Ohio State) as forward passes, to win 16-7 and remain tied for Big Ten leadership with fifth-ranked Minnesota, which outrushed Iowa 16-9. Continuing its return to national prominence, fourth-ranked Louisiana State ran over strong...
Speaking at the Law School Forum. James J. Kilparick, editor of the Richmond News Leader and ally of the Byrd forces in Virginia, said that, while Southerners declare themselves to be conservatives, "when he money is being passed our we are right there at the through asking for our share...