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...announced as George L. Vaughn, a delegate from St. Louis and a member of the credentials committee; he wanted to submit a minority report. The majority had agreed to seat the Mississippi delegation. But the Mississippi delegation, Vaughn charged, intended to walk out if Harry Truman's civil rights program was incorporated into the platform and if Harry Truman was nominated. He recommended, therefore, that the Mississippi delegation "not be seated." He clenched his fist, yelling: "Three million Negroes have left the South since the outbreak of World War II to escape this thing. I ask the convention...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Line Squall | 7/26/1948 | See Source »

...home town) wowed the citizenry. Campaign workers raced ahead in cars to meeting places, strewing literature along the way. Johnson hovered over small towns, urging people to follow him. Over Forney he cried: "How's the gang in Adams' drugstore?" In Omaha he took Mayor Jack Vaughn, a young exmarine, up for a ride, gave him a chance to make a political speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEXAS: Hello, Down There | 6/28/1948 | See Source »

Double Exposure. In Washington, VA officials finally straightened out the records of the Massey twins, Laughn W. and Vaughn W., who served in the same training class, went to Europe on the same ship, served in the same unit, were promoted twice to the same grades on the same days, were wounded by the same shellburst, went to the same field hospital, were discharged from the same camp the same day, went to work for the same company and enrolled in the same business school, where they took the same courses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 10, 1948 | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

...VAUGHN FLANNERY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 29, 1948 | 3/29/1948 | See Source »

...house, which will open for its first occupants when the Class of 1952 arrives next fall, reverted to the college after the death of the owner, Miss Bertha Vaughn. Radcliffe purchased the house several years ago, guaranteeing Miss Vaughn a life interest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Gets New House | 2/21/1948 | See Source »

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