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...brought with him a whole troupe of campaigners: Minnesota's Governor Luther Youngdahl and Senator Ed Thye; Wisconsin's Senator Joe McCarthy. While they stumped on their own, Stassen kept rolling: to a breakfast of the Platte County Republicans at Columbus (where he promised the Midwest a Secretary of Agriculture); to Norfolk (where he plumped for the inclusion of farm labor costs in parity prices) ; to Fremont (where he backed the Pick-Sloan plan for developing the Missouri River Valley, called for outlawing of the Communist party). He even found time to go to a Shrine circus...
...expected close finish, popular Stassenman Ed Thye breezed in ahead of longtime (24 years) isolationist Senator Henrik Shipstead with a 3-to-2 lead. With a near-record Republican turnout, winner Thye looked like a sure bet for the Senate in the fall. His running-mate, Luther Youngdahl, was nominated for the Minnesota governor's chair by an even larger majority...
...early weeks of listless campaigning, the confidence seemed well-placed. There were no fireworks, no weighty speeches, no burning issues. Amiable Ed Thye and his running-mate, gubernatorial candidate Luther Youngdahl, toured the back country, slapping backs, shaking hands, remembering faces. In the Minneapolis Tribune polls, Thye's popularity climbed: from...
...Myrtle Thye, who greatly enjoys being Minnesota's First Lady. There was gossip in Minneapolis that perhaps Harold Stassen himself had had a talk with her. There had been another point: there would have to be a strong candidate to succeed him. They settled on tall, teetotaling Luther Youngdahl, state Supreme Court justice...
...Pastor Youngdahl is no sawdust-trail evangelist. Quiet, forceful, hardworking, he preaches ten-to-twelve-minute sermons, studded with human-interest stories which relate Christian truths to modern living. He believes no minister need be a ranter: "I've got something to sell. The greatest thing in the world. Christianity works...