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5 unusual facts about Wayne Morse


KXRY

When classes began the next fall, the station's inaugural broadcast featured messages from U.S. Senator Wayne Morse and other prominent Oregonians.

Robert Millis

Previous work includes his role as producer of "The Last Angry Man", a documentary biography of Wayne Morse|

United States Senate election in Oregon, 1956

Wayne Morse – incumbent Senator since 1945; member of the Democratic party since 1955.

Republican-turned-Independent-turned Democratic Senator Wayne Morse decided to seek re-election for his first full term as a Democrat.

William Conrad Gibbons

He worked in Capitol Hill for both Senator Wayne Morse and Senator Mike Mansfield and also served as an advance man for presidential contender Lyndon B. Johnson in 1960.


Francis J. Murnane

More than 500 people attend Murnane's 1968 funeral, including ILWU International President Harry Bridges, who served as honorary pallbearer and delivered a graveside eulogy, Governor Tom McCall, U.S. Senator Wayne Morse Wayne Morse, Mayor Terry Schrunk, Dovie Odom Hatfield, mother of Mark Hatfield Commissioner William Bowes, Commissioner Frank Ivancie, and Commissioner Stanley Earl.

W. R. Davies

Speakers presented during the Davies years included John Mason Brown, Margaret Bourke-White, Bennett Cerf, Norman Cousins, Bernard DeVoto, Sinclair Lewis, Wayne Morse, Carl Rowan, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Dorothy Thompson.


see also

Robert Millis

Senator Wayne Morse; "Tangled Stories", a profile of singer-songwriter Catie Curtis (originally due for release in early 2006, but stalled for unknown reasons); and "American Microphone", a weekly interview program.