President Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) appointed James M. Langley (right) ambassador to Pakistan in 1957. Langley, 1894-1968, served as editor and publisher of the Concord Monitor. His 1952 editorials boosted Ike's presidential primary campaign in 1952 and were influential in the novice politician's victory. In a long career, Langley introduced civic planning to Concord and helped create Concord Hospital out of two predecessors. Langley was a participant in a 1967 incident that led to the impeachment and removal of Mayor J. Herbert Quinn.
These are among the tales told in “Crosscurrents of Change,” the Concord Historical Society's history of the capital city in the 20th century.
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