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...their battle for the remainder of Alben Barkley's term. In the second race, where the traditional Democratic edge also had been whittled by campaign-year squabbles within the party's ranks, ex-Governor Earle C. Clements hung to an uncomfortably narrow lead over Republican Thruston B. Morton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE SENATE: Near Balance | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

Turning a sophisticated comic strip of a novel into an even broader but somewhat less vulgar play, the adapters-with wonderful help from Designer Oliver Smith-have hit on a kind of scene-a-minute technique. Their slapdash method, though highly uncreative, is not entirely illadvised. Thanks to Morton DaCosta's lively staging, it makes speed a kind of substitute for wit, and puts pedestrian writing on horseback. Its quick-changes also consort well with Auntie Mame's scatterbrained nature, besides providing a fine succession of new costumes, new hairdos, new wall treatments, new gaffes, new predicaments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays in Manhattan, Nov. 12, 1956 | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

Kentucky: With Governor "Happy" Chandler lending only token support to Democrats, Ike and G.O.P. Senate Candidate John Sherman Cooper have slim leads. In the second Senate race, Republican Thruston Morton trails Incumbent Earle Clements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: EISENHOWER LEADS STEVENSON | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

Dave Bradley, the Indians' quarterback, completed four touchdown passes and set up another tally on a 65-yard runback of the opening kick-off. Fullback Bill Morton was the other Dartmouth standout, driving through the Crimson line for three scoring runs which averaged 55 yards apiece...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Indians Defeat J.V.'s By Margin of 58-0 | 10/27/1956 | See Source »

...contrast to the attitude of the HYRC, the Law School young Republicans, and the Students for Eisenhower, the Eisenhower Club has definite plans and commitments from now until election day. Morton Korn '57 stated that the Eisenhower Club, of which he is president, does not believe in "blanket endorsement" of all Republican candidates, but prefers to concentrate its work with one selected man who lives up to the philosophy of Eisenhower Republicanism. The Eisenhower Club has chosen Representative Curtis, who wrote them for assistance, as the local candidate for whom to campaign. Korn estimated that an average of five people...

Author: By Alfred FRIENDLY Jr., | Title: Harvard Turns Political | 10/26/1956 | See Source »

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