Word: connor
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...votes. Thereafter he aimed desultorily at intransigent merchants, more emphatically at the national heart. His horizon grew, and with it his clout. In 1963 he marched into Birmingham, tac tically prepared, and flayed that citadel of Dixie bigotry on national television. Public Safety Commissioner Theophilus ("Bull") Connor became the white villain for King's black heroes as they marched-clad in their Sunday clothes -to meet his truncheons, hoses and dogs. That world-arousing spectacle brought whites flocking to the civil rights movement in a stream that continued to grow until Negro victories began to dam its flow...
Died Edwin O'Connor, 49, author of 1956's bestselling The Last Hurrah, a fictionalized account of the life of Boston's Mayor James Michael Curley; of a heart attack; in Boston. "A pale carbon copy," hooted Curley when the book came out. Carbon maybe, but pale never, as critics cheered ( nor's fascinating account of the last campaign of the boss of a big-city machine. The book sold over 125,000 copies the first year, went on to become a hit movie, and made O'Connor a fortune He wrote several other books...
...vote in an issue-oriented statewide campaign. A charismatic state figure stumping for the President could conceivably excite the masses in the state to vote against the local Kennedy machinery. Fortunately for Kennedy, there are no pro-Johnson Democrats in the state with that kind of appeal. Frank O'Connor, who lost badly to incumbent Nelson Rockefeller in the 1966 gubernatorial race, is not an exciting man. Averell Harriman, former governor, is of a by-gone era. Joseph Resnick, running as an LBJ-supporter in the statewide primary for United States Senator, has little to recommend him but his heavy...
...Queens Country is a perfect example. Queens, the eastern-most borough of New York City, is one of the few downstate counties which can be called a Johnson strong point. It has few of the Negroes and Puerto Ricans who tend to be Kennedy supporters, and Frank O'Connor--who is running LBJ's statewide campaign--is a favorite with the hometown voters. While Johnson is heavily favored to sweep the nine delegate seats of Queens' sixth, seventh, and ninth Congressional districts, he could lose the eighth. This is because the Congressman from the eighth, Ben Rosenthal, is a dove...
Ever since he was burnt in 1966 when he vigorously supported Samuel Silverman for New York County surrogate and barely won, Kennedy has been reluctant to be pushy in state politics. He played no part at all in choosing a 1966 gubernatorial candidate, thus handing the nomination to O'Connor--a man who is too party-ish to suit the Kennedy style...