Word: wente
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Veteran Rayburn could tell from the dutiful applause that he had lost. In obedience to John Lewis' orders, some Democrats from Lewis' coal-mining districts slid over to the Republican side; Sam's proposition went down by a 211-to-183 vote. Then the House took a roll-call vote on the Wood bill. The coalition measure won its preliminary test...
That night Rayburn & aides went to work on Southern Democrats, pleading for votes against the Wood bill so that the Administration-controlled House Labor Committee would at least have a chance to frame a new law. They pointed out that passage of the Wood bill would be a complete surrender to the Republican minority. Some Southerners listened. Next day, ten who had voted for the Wood bill somersaulted and voted against it. It was breathtakingly close. Down went the Wood bill by a hairline vote...
...discovery threw Bourbon County politicos into an uproar. The FBI went to work on the case. A citizens' committee was organized and elected Bourbon County's Lawyer Cassius M. Clay* as its chairman. Several county grand juries investigated the case but took no action. As time dragged on it began to look as though the mystery might never be solved...
...prosperity. In 1854 a fire burned down the farm's flour mill and some other buildings. Though the loss involved only $9,000 (the farm was then worth $80,000), the members voted to disband. The farm was sold in parcels, the stockholders paid off, and the members went their own individual ways. The buildings slowly decayed...
Honorable mention went to Maida Barton '52, Anne Burchste '49, Cynthia Cook '52, Lucy Heiman '52, Alicia Hill '52, Kathryn McVicker '51, Nancy Westover...