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Dirksen Wears Out Cars Campaigning For Senate Seat
Everett Dirksen, 54, veteran Republican from Pekin, Illinois, travels with wife Louella and daughter Joy as he campaigns against Scott Lucas for the U.S. Senate. He has worn out three cars in 21 months of nonstop travel, spurning party caravans, while delivering vigorous speeches denouncing administration policies and warning of weakness abroad. His personal story, wartime service, and home life in Pekin frame a relentless bid to unseat Lucas, who has never lost a race.
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Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Lucas
Everett M. Dirksen
Scott W. Lucas
Louella
Pekin
Dirksen
University of Minnesota
South Dakota
France
Ezio Pinza