Word: springfields
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...last week Springfield's Illinois State Fair drew the biggest crowd (225,000) in its history. The main attraction: the broad grin of Dwight Eisenhower, entirely surrounded by Republican politicians...
...Press Secretary James Hagerty's news conference, reporters found a complete stranger sitting front and center. With a Little Jack Horner smile, Hagerty introduced his guest as Vernon Bradley, a real-estate man from Springfield, Mass. Bradley had come to Washington to see Dwight Eisenhower and to announce that he would run for Congress in Massachusetts' Second District. Added Hagerty: "The President wished him well...
Surprised, the reporters immediately began checking into this unusual (for Eisenhower) political fillip. The Second District seat is held by Democrat Edward Boland of Springfield, who was so sure of re-election that he planned to spend most of his time campaigning for Furcolo. G.O.P. planners reasoned that entering an Eisenhower-blessed candidate against Boland would ease the pressure on Saltonstall and bring a few thousand extra Republican voters to the polls. No one really expected Bradley to win his own election, but G.O.P. strategists were counting on him for a sacrifice hit. This intricate piece of planning, with White...
...Government; Robert D. Papkin, New Bedford, Government; Martin A. Goldman, Newton, Economics; Stephen J. Healey, III, Newton, Biology; Jordan Joseph, Roxbury, Biochemical Sciences; Kent W. Frederickson, Saugus, English; Lyman E. Sproul, Jr., Saugus, Biology; John T. Bethell, South Essex, English; Jonathan Ketchum, South Natick, Music; Michael C. J. Putnam, Springfield, Classics; David S. Feingold, West Newton, Biochemical Sciences; Sorgel P. Sorokin, Winchester, Biology; Donald R. Whitehead, Wollaston, Biology...
Herbert Jacob, Springfield, Government...