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...Carolina (8), Texas (25) and Virginia (12). For Humphrey: Georgia (12), Louisiana (10), North Carolina (13-) and Tennessee (11)-But for a growing Negro vote, a deep-rooted Democratic tradition and the fact that most Wallace votes will be skin off Republican hides, Nixon might have been able to count on a clean sweep in Dixie. Georgia went for Barry Goldwater in 1964, but Wallace-not Nixon -will get a good share of those Republican votes this year. In addition, the growing number of Negro and white-moderate voters should provide harmony for Hubert. In Louisiana, a huge Wallace vote...
...Dreadfuls seem to be deliberately outrageous, it is because they are. The gimmick game is called "brand recall," and the ground rules dictate that the only ads that anybody remembers are the very good and the very bad. Pretty good does not count. Quick: Which airline promotes its baggage service by shipping its pitchman in a crate with his head sticking out? Everybody remembers greasy kid stuff, but what stuff is supposed to be superior? Which TV manufacturer, to prove that all its money has been poured into developing a better set, shows its board of directors in their undershirts...
...other institutional trading. Michael J. Heaney, a floor partner at the American Exchange, said he was "very happy" to buy and sell for the funds for 30% to 50% of the prescribed minimum fee. "I don't want the full commission," he said. "I couldn't even count it all." A Question of Confidence. Though the SEC maintains it is not hunting for scandal, Wall Street always fears that hearings may cause a loss of public confidence in the securities market. Before the current inquiry winds up, the commission expects it to widen into the most comprehensive investigation...
...Difference. Despite Richard Nixon's long lead in the delegate count (see box), Rocky was drawing big and often enthusiastic crowds. Encouraged by last week's Gallup poll showing him trailing Democrat Eugene McCarthy but leading both Hubert Humphrey and Nixon, the Governor told a Boston press conference: "I was just flying over your race track and I saw the horses coming into the stretch. If I could get into the lead in the stretch, believe me, that would be tremendously helpful." In Maine, he reminded audiences that he had been born in Bar Harbor and cried...
Lost Meaning. Employers were also sympathetic. A Wednesday holiday was tolerable-at least to the boss, who could count on two solid days of work before and after it. But Tuesdays and Thursdays were painful. Employees looked at him reproachfully if he did not throw in the extra Monday or Friday to make a full four-day holiday...