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On February 21, 1963, Shirk announced his campaign for mayor of Reading. [6] He defeated insurance salesman George F. Graeff 4,217 votes to 1,111 to win the Republican nomination. [ 7 ] As a 62-year-old who had never run for office before and a Republican running in a city where the Democrats outnumbered them by a 3 to 1 margin, Shirk was an ...
He was the Socialist candidate for Reading City Council in 1911 and Mayor in 1919 and 1923. In 1927, Stump was elected mayor, with James H. Maurer and another socialist serving alongside him as city councilmen. This was significant, as Reading became one of the few cities with a majority socialist government. [3]
Reading (/ ˈ r ɛ d ɪ ŋ / RED-ing; Pennsylvania German: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 census and is the fourth-most populous city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown.
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Lewis Meade Mintess (December 26, 1895 – July 24, 1982) was a state legislator in Pennsylvania.He was a medic in World War I and worked in government jobs before starting his political career.
The claim: Mark Twain said, 'I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.' After the death of conservative media personality Rush Limbaugh on Feb. 17, some ...
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
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