Word: connor
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Divorce Revealed. Joseph ("Socks") Lanza, 59, once-tough labor extortionist whose short-lived 1957 parole made headlines as a political scandal; by Ellen Connor Lanza, 50, a plump blonde who sobbed, "Don't worry, honey" when Lanza was led back to jail; after 19 years of marriage (best man: Gangster Frank Costello), no children; six months ago in Mexico, while Socks was still in prison...
...Saltonstall O'Connor duel was also unique in that both candidates hung to the Kennedy coattails. The senior senator distributed pictures of the two together and talked of their joint efforts in Congress. O'Connor repeatedly challenged Saltonstall to endorse Nixon and emphasized, "Jack needs young men in Washington," and "Saltonstall would be of a minority party opposite of that of President Kennedy...
...Connor, 32 years old at the time, abandoned private practice as an attorney to run for Mayor in 1957. He won the job and in two years received a citation for Springfield as the outstanding town in the Commonwealth from the University of Massachusetts Bureau of Government. The same year the city was chosen as an honorable mention All-American city and received encouraging aid in its urban renewal attempts--O'Connor's forte...
...Connor's associates described him correctly a week ago when he was rushing down the Mass Turnpike to reach a reception for him that started two hours earlier. Nervous because he was late, O'Connor insisted upon taking the wheel and shot down the highway. "You're going places, Tom O'Connor," said the associate. "You may crack up on the way, but you're going places...
...Connor, apparently, has had his first crack-up. Now he is going places