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...mostly the change is an attempt to overcome widespread campus apathy toward student governments, whose limited power made them seem impotent compared with the campus New Left, particularly after the 1964 student revolt at Berkeley. Lenore Sheridan, a member of the Students for a Demo cratic Society at Illinois, charges that the N.S.A. "doesn't really mean much," because it is made up of "middleclass white Americans" who may talk about revolution but are unwilling to bring about a "fundamental" change in American society. So N.S.A.'s politicians judge that the route to relevance and influence is emulation...
...Gang of Parasites." Johnson, the front runner with 25.2% of the Demo cratic vote, campaigned as a segregationist, even though Arkansas voters have shown signs of increasing moderation. A founder of the state's White Citizens Council, he identified himself with Alabama's George Wallace, refused to shake hands with Negroes, fulminated against President Johnson and "that gang of parasites in Washington." His showing in the primary was due mainly to the fact that he was the only avowed segregationist in the running, thus had the racist vote all to himself...
...contrast with the 1964 campaign, there is no bitter ideological division between the Republican rivals. Both know that to offset the Democrats' 3-to-2 edge over registered Republicans, the winner must have at least 90% of the G.O.P. vote and not less than 20% of the Demo cratic ballot to beat Brown...
...rnberg cell, "would have labeled me a deserter and a coward. Hitler himself chose death rather than accept responsibility. For him to have committed suicide when he knew he was defeated . . . for him to have left it to a subordinate to account for his auto cratic and arbitrary actions, these two shortcomings will remain forever incomprehensible to me. They are my final disillusion...
Convention. The departure of Morrison, popular three-term Governor in a traditionally Republican state, opens the way for a gubernatorial bid by Demo cratic Lieutenant Governor Philip Sorensen, 32, younger brother of John...