Word: sam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sparta. As Massachusetts' 55th governor, Christian Herter joins a variegated pantheon of men who have occupied the handsome old Bulfinch statehouse. The first governor was John Hancock, a vain and arrogant aristocrat who was as popular as he was inept, won nine terms in office. Poor, plain Sam Adams tried and failed to turn the Commonwealth into a "Christian Sparta." The election of David I. Walsh marked the rising tide of immigration: he was the first Irish Catholic to win the governorship. Persimmon-faced Cal Coolidge reversed the trend, turned back to Yankee conservatism. In three terms, Leverett Saltonstall...
Habitués. In Toledo, after spending almost five hours in Sam's Cafe before it closed for the night, Ford G. Belcher and two friends broke into the tavern half an hour later, told police when arrested: "We give Sam all our business...
...Road to Reform. In Columbus, Ohio, arraigned for drunkenness, Sam Keaton, 66, asked the judge not to jail him, was fined only $10 and costs after declaring: "If you let me out, I'm going to take a good big drink, have a bath...
...capital's most eligible bachelors, tossed in some helpful hints on their personal qualifications. Speaker of the House Joe Martin: "Public Enemy No. 1, as far as Cupid is concerned . . . This engaging male is 68, dimpled, dark-haired and modest . . . has a shy sweetness ..." House Minority Leader Sam Rayburn (71): "Baldheaded, short and a little pudgy, but he's a blue-ribbon darling in anybody's date book . . . Footloose and fancy-free." Georgia Senator Dick Russell (55): "At the very mention of his name, Washington widows heave and sigh . . . The darling of the Southland, has just about...
...makes life uncomfortable for errant public officials. For five years, picking away at the probate-court administration in Cuyahoga County, Allen has often broken off bits of news, but he never seemed to hit probate pay dirt. Last February, after he got a tip from young (29) Courthouse Reporter Sam Giaimo, Allen and Giaimo began to dig deeper into the court. What they found provided the Press with frontpage headlines for weeks, scandalized Cleveland, and started a Bar Association investigation. Last week, as a direct result of the Allen-Giaimo stories, Probate Judge Nelson J. Brewer resigned from the bench...