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...consensus stems from the obvious fact that never in recent political history has one man held such sway over a major American political party. At Atlantic City, L.B.J. was in total charge. His political cake was like the one given him on his 56th birthday- big enough both to have...
Anxious to be on their own ways, the delegates cheered their final cheer and cleared out quickly. But Lyndon still had some partying ahead. In Convention Hall's ballroom, 5,000 guests crushed around to wish him a happy 56th birthday, while Comedian Danny Thomas burbled into a mike, "This is just a bunch of happy souls who are celebrating a happy day." It was certainly a happy one for Lyndon. "I've been going to conventions since 1928," he drawled, "and this one is the best one of all." Before a 10-ft. by 6-ft. birthday...
...would certainly be the biggest surprise since the St. Louis Browns won a pennant. For Lyndon Johnson this week will mark the zenith of a vigorous and ambitious career. He will be nominated as the Democratic candidate for President of the U.S. The next night, on his 56th birthday, he will deliver his acceptance speech. He wouldn't miss it for the world...
...Asking. The scene was the 56th annual National Governors Conference in Cleveland. That conference, only partly by coincidence, fell on the weekend following the June 2 California presidential primary. Before the California results were in, most moderate Republican leaders felt that Nelson Rockefeller, with all the momentum of his May 15 Oregon victory, would knock off Barry in the primary. But they also felt certain that Rocky himself could not get the nomination. Therefore, the Governors' Conference could serve as a first-rate place for Republican leaders to meet and agree on a moderate-minded alternative for the presidential...
GEORGE SPAVENTA-Poindexter, 21 West 56th. New York Sculptor Spaventa's figures are malformed blobs of metal that look as if they were still taking shape-or beginning to melt. But his elongated, bulbous nudes are balanced firmly on broad bases, seem to grow naturally out of their own bulky substance. More than 60 small bronzes, also some drawings. Through...