Word: clubbing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Moving through Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Arizona, Johnson showed an uncanny understanding of his audiences. At a Drake University student Democratic club rally, he sensed the let-out partisanship of his listeners, proceeded to wow them with a wry reference to the Nixon-Rockefeller contest: "The Republicans apparently believe that two's a crowd. They'll give us a choice of a vote for Checkers or a vote for a checkbook." But before a serious, nonpartisan service club luncheon in Des Moines, he picked a careful, solemn path. "I live by the rule that I am first...
...anonymous gift of $10,000 has already covered a tenth of the estimated expenses for the Glee Club's proposed tour of Southeast Asia during the summer of 1961. The sum was recently contributed to the general fund for the trip and is not restricted in any way, according to Elliot Forbes '40, director of the Glee Club...
...Club has already mailed a general letter to the family of each member in order to find out how much money it can collect from parents. Although it has not asked for a final financial commitment the Club wants to know two things: first, if the parents would permit their son to make the trip; and second, how much money they would consider contributing to cover expenses...
...Missouri's Democratic entry, Stuart Symington, got some loud huzzahs from Kansas City, where the official "Symington for President" club launched its national campaign. A branch will open in Jefferson City next week, and his backers are working to see that the movement will then spread out nationally. In Columbia, 600 students from the University of Missouri, Christian and Stephens Colleges formed the first "Youth for Symington" club, planned to spread the word when they scatter to their homes in 28 states during the Christmas holidays...
...manufacturing milling machines. The company now has 400 profit-sharing, nonunion employees, is worth $6,500,000. Married and the father of two daughters, Bannow sings a rousing first bass in a Bridgeport male chorus, the North Star Singers, has given up soccer with Bridgeport's Swedish Athletic Club to play golf. Traveling with his wife, he will spend two weeks out of four on the road next year on N.A.M. projects. In talks on inflation, he will emphasize to his audience that he has raised his prices only once in the last 20 years...