From U.S. Steel's sprawling Fairless plant in the East to Pittsburgh's glowing furnaces in the West, Pennsylvania is bursting with prosperity. In Election Year 1956, the voter can savor ground breast of ox at his political picnics. Yet. in the midst of such plenty, a once mighty Pennsylvania institution and a once unbeatable Pennsylvania leader have fallen upon breadcrust-hard times. The institution: Pennsylvania's regular Republican Party organization (still known as the Grundy machine after its longtime boss, stiff-necked Uncle Joe Grundy, now 93 and removed from politics). The leader: Republican Senator...
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