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...accompanied by his highly photogenic wife Stephanie and their daughters Elizabeth Ann, 20, and Mary Karen, 17. A conservative after Barry's own heart, Miller is an acid-tongued orator with a notable talent for getting under Democratic skins. In fact, Goldwater told a meeting of Republican state chairmen that one reason he picked Miller was because "he drives Lyndon Johnson nuts...
...even as the Goldwater strategists coasted on the assumption that Barry had the nomination sewed up, there were indications that other pragmatic politicians viewed a Goldwater candidacy as doomed to defeat in November. One Gallup poll showed that 73% of Republican and Democratic county chairmen believed that Johnson would beat Goldwater, while only 27% foresaw a Goldwater victory. Asked to rate the strongest possible Republican candidate, the Democratic chair men voted: Scranton, 302; Goldwater, 297; Nixon, 246; Rockefeller, 246; Lodge...
...image have stirred up criticisms of the company's management. In the 63 years since J. P. Morgan bought out Andrew Carnegie for $500 million and brought in Judge Elbert Gary to organize U.S. Steel, the company has been guided mostly by lawyers and bankers. Of the six chairmen in its history, only one-the late Ben Fairless -ever worked regularly in a steel mill and was not a lawyer. Says a vice president of a competing steel company: "The operating people simply do not have an equal voice. The corporation would do much better if they...
...final days, the volunteer organization was expanded. Official sheets of voters' names, supplied by the state, were programmed into computers, and sheets were made listing G.O.P. voters by street, the side of the street, and the house address. "Community Chairmen" handed out cardboard information kits, with detailed maps and names of known Goldwater voters circled in red. The volunteers made at least two complete door-to-door checks on election day to make sure that the voters had gone to the polls...
When a few county chairmen close to Kennedy said he might be available, party leaders were relieved. Here was a candidate with an impressive name, unquestioned experience and a liberal record--particularly in the vital area of civil rights...