Word: tocsins
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Tocsin members and sympathizers have been canvassing the Boston area for signatures to put H. Stuart Hughes, professor of History, in the Senate race next November. Hughes is running as an Independent candidate for the seat now held by Benjamin A. Smith...
...Tocsin, a student group whose views generally coincide with those of Hughes and which has Hughes among its faculty advisors, decided about three weeks ago not to endorse any candidates for election in Massachusetts or elsewhere. According to a spokesman, Toosin, members "had illusions that their endorsement would make much difference and did not know where to draw the line" in supporting candidates whom some members faver...
...Tocsin will send about 50 students to Waterbury Conn., Saturday to campaign for Rep. Frank Kowalski, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Senator from Connecticut. Kowalski, a former Army colonel who has compiled an independent voting record during two terms in the House, faces a tough battle against Abraham Ribicoff, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare...
Headed by Christopher A. Sims '62, the Tocsin group will ring doorbells and pass out literature to away Waterbury Democrats to send a pro-Kowalski slate of delegates to the state nominating convention in July...
Although it is against Tocsin policy to endorse any office-seeker, the disarmament group has organized the campaign effort for Kowalski because he has taken "pro-peace" stands including opposition to the dispersal of nuclear weapons to other nations and was an early advocate of a U.S. disarmament agency...