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...hawk-nosed alcoholic from northern California asked the Oxnard man what he was running away from. The answer: "I don't think it's running away. It's learning to live with yourself. Even after you get out, you're still an ex-con. They can't cure you of what you did that got you in here. You've got to live with that...
Grass-Roots Campaign. In Kitwe, Northern Rhodesia, the campaign slogan of Undertaker Con Oelofson, a candidate for municipal office, is: "The last man to let you down...
Says Kennedy's wealthy father, Joseph P. Kennedy: "Let's not con ourselves. The only issue is whether a Catholic can be elected President." It is not, by a long shot, the only issue. The Wall Street Journal was closer when it editorialized last week: "The country would do better, we think, to face the fact honestly that religion is, and always has been, a political issue and that it is not improper for it to be so . . .So let us by all means not bar religion from politics. Let us even in this campaign ask ourselves anew...
...fans from starving, Robinson throws them a bare bone: "The National League picture this year again shows a race between Los Angeles, San Francisco and Milwaukee." The Post seems satisfied enough with its bargain. Says Editor Wechsler: "There's a lot of reaction to the column pro and con, but the main thing is that there is reaction. The writing style may not be the greatest in history, but it's a lot livelier than David Lawrence...
...obviously running for nothing. I want only my country to be strong, to be safe, and to have a feeling of confidence among its people so they can go about their business. In the decisions that I have to make, I have heard all the arguments, pro and con, and I have done the best I can, and I am doing it with one idea in mind only-America...