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...campaign, Stevenson flew off to the prison to watch, pale and tired, as armed state troopers routed out 300 rebellious prisoners who had barricaded themselves in a cell block. Governor Stevenson, who got to the scene in time to go over the plan of action with Lieutenant Governor Sherwood Dixon and other state officials, was off again within a few hours to resume the campaign...
...Governor: Though most Democratic leaders would have preferred Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett, a noted vote-getter, at Adlai Stevenson's insistence they gave the gubernatorial nomination to bulky, 56-year-old Lieut. Governor Sherwood Dixon. Many Democratic leaders are still openly unhappy about
...Narrowly escaped a political setback when the Illinois Democratic State Central Committee reluctantly voted to give the Illinois gubernatorial nomination to Stevenson's personal choice, 56-year-old Lieutenant Governor Sherwood Dixon...
Meanwhile. 52-year-old Millionaire Auto Heir Horace Dodge Jr. tangled with a blonde showgirl named Gregg Sherwood. He charged her with swiping four cigarette lighters and some perfume from his house, and had the Detroit cops pick her up. Miss Sherwood announced, with icy hauteur, that he had given her the doodads as gifts, and that he could not only have them back, but give up all hopes of ever sharing her friendship again. The cops waved Showgirl Sherwood on her way. Dodge, who is still married to his fourth wife, said: "Some people take me for a sucker...
...known that for the time being he had no intention of resigning as governor. (He would have a much tighter grip on the state Democratic organization as long as he was in office.) He also announced his choice for a successor: Lieutenant Governor Sherwood Dixon, 56, no ball of fire but an amiable, honest administrator, backed by Jack Arvey's powerful Cook County machine...