Word: district
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Metropolitan District Commissioner William T. Morrissey has announced that one 24-foot lane of the roadway will be opened to outbound traffic only, from Dartmouth Street to Soldiers Field Road near Boston University bridge. Exits and entrance will be at Charlesgate East and West. The inbound lane will be opened in December...
...This district's congressman, John F. Kennedy '40, said last night that some Congressional discussion has already taken place on Universal Military Service, and that, under the usual procedure, a bill for the plan will be introduced into bill for the plan will be introduced into Congress either this or early next term...
Both parties will have their tough, experienced leaders back. Shiny-pated Speaker Sam Rayburn, 69, ran without opposition in his Texas district; Majority Leader John McCormack of Massachusetts and all of the important Democratic committee chairmen also won. The G.O.P. will again be guided by Minority Leader Joe Martin of Massachusetts, Whip Leslie Arends of Illinois...
...Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., 36, won his first full term from his Manhattan district...
...each state apportions its Representatives is left to state legislatures. In the past, this has touched off spectacular maneuvering in the states losing House seats, as each political party seeks to redraw district lines to its own gerrymandering advantage. Sometimes, when one party controls one house and another party the other, a deadlock results. If a state losing seats has not completed redistricting by the next congressional election, all its Congressmen must be elected "at large." In New York, for example, this would mean that every voter would have to vote on 43 Congressmen...