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Arizona. Carl Hayden, oldest member of the Senate in both age (85) and tenure (since 1927), seems sure to win over State Senator Evan Mecham, a right-winger backed by the John Birch Society. Most doubts dissolved last month when two conservative Phoenix newspapers strongly endorsed Hayden...
Dribbles appear where they make sense--as foam in a rough surf, or as leaves or moss on birch trees. Scratches too fit in as the birches' smaller branches and twigs. Though frequently each spot of paint is applied with a certain amount of grossness, the composite usually reveals striking unity and conveys a powerful impression...
...normally cherubic face of Indiana's Republican Senator Homer Capehart, 65, turned an angry red. His big fists grasped the lapels of his Democratic Senate opponent, sturdy Birch Bayh Jr., 34. Growled Capehart: "Don't try to get away." Snapped Bayh: "Take your hands off me." The performance was a bit too competitive, even for the Indianapolis Athletic Club, and an onlooker rushed in to prevent a fist fight...
Candidate Wilbur Renk, a middle-roading Republican, figuring that the Birch Society's support was a liability, seemed equally pleased. Crowed he: "I think I may have won the election.'' Kuehn tried to scoff off the criticism that came his way, joking to a group of University of Wisconsin students: ''If you have been following the newspapers, you know that for the past few days I have been hacking my way out of a Birch forest. And I can tell you that the Birch bark is worse than the Birch bite...
...fuss kept up until Kuehn finally called a press conference to reject the backing of the Birch Society "as it exists under Robert Welch," its ex-fudgemaker founder. But, said Kuehn, he would still accept the support of any individual voter, "regardless of what secret society he may belong to." He concluded: "I will not say to honest and dedicated individuals who fear and apparently are trying to combat Communism, that I repudiate them solely because they belong to a controversial organization...