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...contenders in the two top races: Democrat Abe Ribicoff, 52, and Republican Horace Seely-Brown Jr., 54. running for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Prescott Bush; and Democratic Governor John Dempsey, 47, who is challenged by Republican John Alsop...
...much, or how little, it knows about what's cooking in the rest of the world." Much of this criticism came from normally Republican and conservative papers, who had previously on occasion expressed admiration for the young President. But even Kennedy's close friend, Columnist Joseph Alsop, touring around Europe, was now disturbed by the symptoms of irresolution. Bristling at Khrushchev's ursine threats to visiting U.S. Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall ("It is no laughing matter when Khrushchev flatly informs a member of the U.S. Cabinet that he is going to take Berlin . . . and that...
...Alsop, whose writing brothers Stewart and Joseph watched the voting with him on television in a backstage dressing room, had narrowly missed the nomination in a more relaxed convention...
...stressed his organizational ability in a skillful campaign across the state, now personally directed his supporters on the floor. With 328 votes needed for the nomination, the first ballot gave Alsop 226, May 202 and Wallace...
...forces tried to get a recess until morning to gain time to persuade Wallace to with draw and throw his votes to May. Uncomfortable and hungry, the delegates in sisted with rhythmical clapping that the voting continue. On the seventh Wallace was down to 43 votes, while Alsop had 309 and May 302. Foreseeing the end, Wallace withdrew, and on the eighth ballot Alsop was nominated, 337 to May's 317. Puffing contentedly on a black pipe, Alsop dismissed the rift in the party, said: "I'm a pretty good patcher." Exit. The long count pushed the convention...