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Angered by the G.O.P. moderates' drive to oust Dean Burch, his hand-picked Republican national chairman, Barry Goldwater flared to a friend last month: "I may not be able to keep Burch in, but I'm sure as hell not going to let Rockefeller name Ray Bliss." Last week Barry strode onto the sunny patio of his Phoenix home to name Ray Bliss. Grimly Goldwater explained that at this week's meeting of the Republican National Committee in Chicago Burch could not expect the resounding vote of confidence he needed, and he would therefore resign to avoid...
While Goldwater thus went through the last painful act of a surrender, made inevitable by his disastrous defeat last November, he was by no means surrendering to a Rockefeller man. The bland but brilliantly successful boss of the Republican Party in Ohio, Bliss had stayed out of the convention wrangling between moderates and conservatives last summer, then had worked loyally for Candidate Goldwater, though from the start he took a dim view of Barry's chances and of the way he campaigned. In Bliss, the Republicans finally have what they desperately need: a chairman who is a superb technician...
Something to Do. Goldwater's acceptance of Bliss did not come easily. Less than a week before, in his Washington apartment, Barry had listened in angry disbelief as two of his most loyal supporters, Running Mate William Miller and Nebraska's National Committeeman Donald Ross, along with Ray Bliss himself, patiently explained that Burch was not worth fighting for. Miller declared that a thin, five-vote majority was the very best Burch could hope for in the 132-member National Committee. Later Miller spent another two hours urging Barry to accept Bliss. At last Barry agreed...
...Bottle of Bliss. "Is the LSD state a model of madness, a touch of schizophrenia, or is it a short cut to Zen satori, nirvana for the millions?" asks Dr. Cohen. His answer:, it is certainly not schizophrenia, and it differs from a true psychosis much as a wooden model bridge differs from the Golden Gate. Conflicting reports of diametrically opposite results with LSD are difficult to explain. Some subjects found the experience as horrible as any psychosis and would have no more of it; others, with the same dose, could not get too much. "Was it possible that...
Army had Clay in the 200 freestyle, however, and the speedy senior took the event in 1:51.6. Crimson captain Dave Abramson edged Army's Jerry Merges for second. In the 50-yard freestyle, Harvard's John Quinn surprised the Cadets by almost taking first from Army's Steve Bliss...