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...party state, should be Nixon's-unless outgoing Governor John Connally is Humphrey's running mate. With Rockefeller the G.O.P. nominee, Wallace votes would probably turn Arkansas, South Carolina and Virginia from Republican to Democratic states; Florida and Texas would probably go Democratic. THE WEST: No Contest Of the region's 95 electoral votes, Humphrey is likely to win a scant seven -from the two newest states in the Union, Alaska (3) and Hawaii (4)- while Nixon walks off with the remaining 88 votes from eleven states. For Nixon: Arizona (5), California (40), Colorado (6), Idaho...
...contest winners will gain niches in British folklore, but few will rate the special affection that went to diffident Alec Rose, as he quietly accepted the tributes of 200,000 horn-honking fans who overran Portsmouth, his home town, to greet him. Unlike Chichester, Rose had no commercial sponsor. From the moment, five years ago, when he hauled the dilapidated Lively Lady off a mudbank and started to fit her out for the rough 50-week sail, determination counted far more heavily than cash in his achievement. "It makes you feel rather humble," said Alec, "that everybody wants to congratulate...
With the schedule Long has planned for Ondine, he had better corner the Dramamine supply. Last week, only days after the Newport-Bermuda contest, Ondine was racing again, on a 3,700-mile course across the Atlantic to Travem¨unde, Germany-a voyage that will take most of a month. After that, it's off to the Pacific for two more long races. What makes Huey sail? Publicly, he talks like John Masefield. Privately he admits: "My only fun is winning...
...made any gains was the small United Socialist Party, which almost doubled its voter strength -to 4% of the total. Even so, the party's chief, former Fourth Republic Premier Pierre Mendès-France, was by no means certain of retaining his Assembly seat in a runoff contest with a Gaullist in Grenoble...
...winner. The sponsors get a curvy queen who boosts the sales curve. The networks get the talent for free, and thus can produce the spectaculars for about half the cost of a variety show. And the pageant promoters get added revenue from selling the rights to run preliminary contests at local and regional levels. If a city balks at the price, there are always other takers waiting in line. Eight years ago, the Miss Universe Pageant moved to Miami when Long Beach, Calif., refused to pay $100,000 for the honor of playing host to the contest...