Word: squelched
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Squelch of the week, delivered by Michigan's Cross Co. (automation machinery) after the United Auto Workers charged that a "strikebreaker mob" inflicted a "vicious beating" on U.A.W. Member Michael Oravec during the union's current drive to organize Cross workers...
...Kansas, Kennedy forces claimed to have control of the delegation through one man: Governor George Docking. But Favorite Son Docking did nothing to squelch the recent upsurge of party sentiment for Senator Stuart Symington, whose Missouri support spills across the state line. In the 42-man delegation, guessed Governor Docking, Kennedy and Symington are running about even in a delegation that votes under a unit rule. Kennedyites explained that they had taken off the pressure so as not to hurt Governor Docking in his unprecedented campaign for a third term...