Word: silverton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hatfield's announcement of candida cy last week was in character. After his publicity men had put out the long-expected word via press release and recorded radio and TV spots, Hatfield drove to the farm community of Silverton (pop. 3,967), where 16 years earlier he had made his first campaign speech as a candidate for the state legislature. He held no formal press conference, went instead to a Kiwanis luncheon, where he barely mentioned his Senate candidacy. "I shall seek," his press release said, "to be a Senator of all the people." The announcement carried no indication...