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RAPID CITY, S.D.--Several hundred cheering and a band playing "Happy Days Are Here Again" welcomed Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern back to his native South Dakota today...
...exactly a household word outside his native South Dakota and the U.S. Senate, McGovern at the outset of his campaign had to strive for the very basic accomplishment of making his name well and favorably known. That he has done in convincing fashion; the majority of panelists speak of him with the kind of open, easy freedom that indicates widespread recognition. Among Democratic panelists, the consensus is that McGovern is a likable, attractive candidate of indisputable stature. More important, panelists from both parties feel that he represents a broadly based constituency and not just a small radical minority. Most agree...
...risky and untried leader. Says Mrs. Betty Brush, of San Jose, Calif.: "President Nixon has four years of experience, McGovern has not had any of consequence. I believe Nixon is just getting started; so why not let him finish? He's a good man." If the South Dakota Senator is to mount a serious challenge for the presidency, he will have to do a lot more to convince the party conservatives that now is the time for all good Democrats to come to the aid of their candidate...
Ziegler said Nixon had no immediate comment on the South Dakota senator's nomination nor was he expected to be in contact with...
During the five hours of interviews, McGovern gave some revealing glimpses-some poignant, some wry. He reminisced about his early years in South Dakota towns: "There are the big old cottonwood trees, the big American elms, the little roadways in and out of town that have always been there." Not all of McGovern's Dakota remembrances were pleasant, however. He recalled that a gym teacher's accusation of physical cowardice "cut me more than anything anybody has ever said to me." Partly to disprove the teacher, said McGovern, he volunteered for training as a bomber pilot in World...