Word: springfields
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Statler Hotel headquarters Thomas J. O'Connor conceded to Senator Leverett Saltonstall about midnight election night. For the 35-year-old mayor of Springfield who tried to unseat the man who surely now is recognized as a phenomenon in Massachusetts politics it was a disappointing end to a campaign that never quite got off the ground. The energy and the ability of the man were there, but the organization and planning and money that go into running for office was missing. O'Connor, though a loser, is a fresh face on the tired political scene in the Bay State...
...Connor really did not belong in the Senatorial race in the first place. Springfield Mayor since 1957, he challenged Governor Foster Furcolo for the Democratic nomination last spring. After a tough bid by the young bachelor for endorsement, the state convention in Worcester backed the party man, Furcolo...
...from Western Massachusetts will not quit trying. He is refreshing in the party and holds chances of bigger things eventually. If elected senator or governor he would hardly be a typical public official. A devotee of Dixie- land, he listens to popular music and talks with voters about baseball, Springfield, his college days, and the neighborhood kids on "Hungry Hill" in Springfield where he was born. One of seven children, Tom went to Amherst College (Class of '47) on scholarship and then to Georgetown Law. He was president of his class in high school and college, and continued in politics...
...Connor, 32 years old at the time, abandoned private practice as an attorney to run for Mayor in 1957. He won the job and in two years received a citation for Springfield as the outstanding town in the Commonwealth from the University of Massachusetts Bureau of Government. The same year the city was chosen as an honorable mention All-American city and received encouraging aid in its urban renewal attempts--O'Connor's forte...
Three hours of the candidate's tight schedule yesterday were devoted to a quick round trip to Springfield, during which he nervously studied notes taken in the cramming session at Littauer. After signing a handful of documents--a frustrating but necessary task for mayor whether campaigning or not--O'Connor rushed back to Boston for a two-minute appearance at a cocktall party in his honor and for the TV show...