Word: contests
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...Kennedy may attract some of them. Bobby's loudest backer is Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh. Facing just one opponent, an absentee Johnson would doubtless be in serious trouble. But, as in Oregon, he stands a good chance of winning if both Kennedy and McCarthy remain in the contest...
Forging the Bloc. At his Masonic Temple rally on Jackson's Lynch Street, Evers adamantly espoused the brighter side, declaring himself ready for another round. Although last week's victory allows Griffin to serve the remainder of Williams' term, he must face the regular Democratic primary contest in June. If Evers is a candidate again, he once more has a chance to overcome a splintered white ticket. Or he may avoid the Democratic primary by qualifying himself as an independent and go into a three-man November general election against the Democratic winner and a traditionally feckless...
...could we not participate in a racial contest? One of my tutees engaged me daily in a battle of wits. First she got me to acknowledge my guilt, as a white, for the American Negro's condition. When she had me where she wanted me, she accused me of showing pity for the Negro. She systematically blocked my efforts to assuage my guilt by refusing to let me be nice...
Probably the biggest plus that McCarthy carries into Wisconsin is his religion. The state is one-third Catholic, and more than 40 per cent of the primary vote will be cast in Catholic Democratic cities in the east. In the 1960 Kennedy-Humphrey contest, it was estimated that up to three-fourths of Wisconsin Catholics voted Catholic...
...other action in the NCAA, fourth-ranked North Carolina downed Davidson 70-66 in the east regionals. Surprising Ohio State upset Kentucky 82-81 in the mideast regional to win the right to play North Carolina in the other semi-finals contest Friday...