Word: volunteerism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Indeed he was not. Lacking a paid campaign staff, he relied on 800 volunteer workers to spread his message. Three-quarters of the city's 796-man police force helped. The Rev. Joseph Head, former national chaplain of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, summed up the winner's...
Phillips Brooks House announced that it was cutting back the enrollment in its volunteer programs to 60 per cent of the previous year's total. PBH officers said that the cutback was not because of lack of enthusiasm, but rather because residents of Cambridge had taken over guidance of several...
Transcendent Issue. In the initial election round April 1, fully 74% of the electorate went for Yorty's opponents. Bradley led the field of 14 with 42%, a remarkable showing for a black candidate in a city where Negroes constitute less than one-fifth of the population. But Democrat...
Qualified Confidence. One factor accounting for this qualified confidence is the growing eagerness of Negro communities themselves to prevent violence. Except for a tiny minority of black anarchists, Negroes are increasingly aware of the suicidal aspect of ravaging their own neighborhoods. In Newark last week, after the fatal shooting of...
The winner--Irish Catholic, handsome, personable, intellectual, and quotable--attracted attention outside of Ohio, too. Throughout the campaign he projected the image of a candidate concerned with issues in a coherent way. Students turned in large numbers to volunteer, and liberal journals noted his potential for national leadership. Then he...