Word: tifton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...printed a picture of Mr. Humphrey in Tifton, Ga., with a huge peanut [Oct. 9]. Mr. Humphrey didn't mention how wet that peanut was, but I'm sure it was the wettest of all peanuts, and I'm afraid Mr. Humphrey got his hands stained handling it. I made the peanut on short notice. As clay takes time to dry and of course to be fired, I consented to do one in plaster. After finishing the peanut, I soon found that it would not stain successfully because of the water content of plaster. I tried...
...Peanut Lovers. Half an hour later, Humphrey showed up 28 miles away in Tifton (pop. 10,000), displayed a giant Georgia goober, deadpanned: "I want to tell you that Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey like peanuts enough to make the peanut economy worth more than just peanuts." Then he laced into Goldwater and tried to convince his segregationist Southern audience that Barry is some sort of secret integrationist...