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Kefauver

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Ke·fau·ver  (kvr), (Carey) Estes 1903-1963.
American politician. A U.S. representative (1939-1949) and senator (1949-1963) from Tennessee, he directed a highly publicized investigation into organized crime (1950-1951).


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Estes Kefauver, the anti-crime crusader who led the public hearings on comic books in 1954.
In a series of articles from 1932 to 1934, Kefauver and his colleagues (Kefauver, 1932; Kefauver & Davis, 1933; Kefauver & Hand, 1932, 1934; Kefauver, Hand, & Block, 1934) described possible outcomes for guidance.
That was when Estes Kefauver barely defeated John Kennedy for the vice presidential nomination in 1956.
 
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