Word: warrener
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...green little (pop. 7,200) town of Warren, Ark., scene of the annual Bradley County Tomato Festival, country families left off from their Saturday-morning shopping and gathered festively at the courthouse. It was a big day: two gubernatorial candidates were coming to town to preview a political campaign that will mean more to Bradley County-and the rest of Arkansas-than just tomatoes. The two candidates are the chief rivals, in the July primaries, of none other than Orval Eugene Faubus, twice-elected Governor, center of the Little Rock debacle that put federal troops into Arkansas to enforce...
Country Boy. Judge Ward, sharp-eyed and expressive, left Warren folks cold. Standing on the courthouse steps, he announced only that he would be kicking off his campaign later in the day at Jonesboro (pop. 20,100), therefore had little to say about his platform. As he talked, Chris Finkbeiner threaded through the crowd and warmed...
...Chris Finkbeiner took the courthouse steps, wrinkled his brow, thrust hands deep in his pockets and began: "You know, this is my first talk in a county square, and I brought my wife and family to watch over me while I give this first courthouse-square speech here in Warren. I want to be Governor and I'm willing to work at it. Now folks, Mama got kinda excited and she lost one of her gloves. Any of you find it, why I'd appreciate it kindly if you'd just give it to that lady there...
...Couple of months ago," said a clerk in Warren, "I would have said that Ward and Finkbeiner were wasting their time trying to run against Faubus. But now I don't know." With issues clearly laid out and personalities amply identified, Arkansas voters last week got set to hear more-and the more they heard the more it appeared that front-running Orval Faubus was going to have to run hard and fast...
...while, it seemed as if Walter had waited too long before he came out of the bullpen. From the moment the Dodgers got to town, their front office antagonized the powerful suburban press. National League President Warren Giles riled all L.A. by threatening to take...