Word: stratton
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Illinois' Governor William Stratton said he would enter Eisenhower's name in his state's April 10 primary. Hagerty reported that "under the Illinois law, there is nothing the President needs to do. Consequently, there will be no official statement from here signifying either assent or dissent. I want to make it clear, however, that lack of any assent or dissent cannot be taken to mean that the President has yet made any ultimate decision...
GLENPORT, ILLINOIS, by Paul Darcy Boles (424 pp.; Mocm/7/on; $4.95), may remind readers that oldtime dispensers of sweetness and light like Gene Stratton Porter (A Girl of the Limberlost) and Grace Livingston Hill (Rainbow Cottage, Happiness Hill) at least put heart into their hokum. Paul Darcy Boles merely puts hokum into the heart. The Grayleafs are newcomers to Glenport, 111., a whistle stop near Chicago. It is 1929, and Ave Grayleaf, the father, is a baker, as busy and happy as all the seven dwarfs. Homespun Ave has the American flag tattooed on his right arm and a bad case...
...week's end Illinois' Governor William G. Stratton asked U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell to investigate the disappearance of Emmett Till. Said Stratton: "It now appears that those responsible for this tragic crime are not being brought to justice ... I feel it is my duty to respectfully request the U.S. Government ... to investigate the violation of rights of this Illinois citizen in another state...
Cabot Lodge, Illinois' Governor William Stratton, Indiana's Governor George Craig and Illinois' Senator Everett Dirksen Later, talking to other reporters he dropped Dirksen and Craig and added Massachusetts' Governor Christian Herter. In both cases the name of Richard Nixon was conspicuous by its absence When a reporter finally asked why Nixon was not on the list. Knight had a sudden afterthought: "Oh sure he should...
...event Ike does not seek reelection, the HYRC official said the Republicans' list of possible nomination candidates will include Vice President Nixon, Senator Knowland, Chief Justice Warren, Governor William Stratton of Ill., Senator James Duff of Penn., Governor Theodore McKeldon of Md., and Governor Christian Herter '15 of Mass...