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Last week Yorty, at 63, the running-est politician this side of Harold Stassen, came in second to City Councilman Thomas Bradley, 55, in Los Angeles' nonpartisan mayoral primary. The two will meet in a runoff May 29. Trailing behind Bradley's 36% and Yorty's 29% in the primary were Unruh, with 19%, and former Los Angeles Police Chief Thomas Reddin, with...
Fencing for Southeaster Massachusetts University (SMU) is like running a Harold Stassen Presidential campaign. There's never much chance for success, but the tolerance for embarrassment is remarkably high. Today, SMU comes to Harvard to take on what may be the strongest Crimson team in years SMU's chances do not look particularly bright for this afternoon's contest...
Cunning Men. It took Dewey three ballots to regain the nomination in 1948 over Ohio's Robert Taft, Minnesota's Harold Stassen, Michigan's Arthur Vandenberg and California's Earl Warren-and the nomination was considered tantamount to election. The nation seemed weary of the frenetic days of New Deal innovation and the burdens of war and postwar readjustment. Harry Truman was a feeble contrast to the fallen F.D.R., and the Democratic Party was split (Strom Thurmond had deserted to run as a right-wing candidate, Henry Wallace as a left-wing challenger). Voters yearned...
...Year is that laugh-a-minute duffer who came closer to breaking pro Doug Sanders' skull than he ever came to breaking par. Spiro Agnew, honored at the Ail-American Collegiate Golf Dinner for his participation in charity tournaments, characterized himself as "the Harold Stassen of golf." Explained Agnew: "I don't win very often, but I'm always ready to tee off again...
Marketing Knowledge. King was born in the small town of Wheaton, Ill. Attacks of asthma and recurring pneumonia eventually forced him to drop out of college, but did not slow King's drive. A brief stint as an office boy for Harold Stassen brought an interest in politics, and King quickly became national chairman of the Young Republicans college clubs. At 23, he was elected to the Illinois house of representatives; he served three terms. A small investment led him into oil development. Meanwhile, King married Carylyn Becker, whose father was chief executive of Franklin Life Insurance...