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McGovern did not enter the non-binding popularity poll, while McCarthy entered delegate candidates in only 38 of the 160 contests. Muskie entered 118 candidates, McGovern 106. The uncommitted candidates were mainly members of slates backed by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley...
...Daley's powerful Democratic machine appeared to be headed for at least one, and possibly two, defeats in races for Governor and Cook County State's Attorney...
...Paul Simon, a one-time rebel who now has Daley's backing for Governor, and anti-organization candidate Daniel Walker were locked in a tight contest which was too close to call late last night...
Illinois convention delegates are also at stake. In Chicago's Congressional districts, Mayor Daley's uncommitted slates will certainly win. But in the other 13 districts, McGovern delegates, and some McCarthy delegates, are in contests with Muskie backers and uncommitted slates...
...actor has his moments of dull delivery. George Patterson, playing Alceste, says his lines in the most professional manner, but particularly during his extended harangues he does not display a wide enough range of emotion to keep them from being flat and rhetorical. Sarah Hunter, as Celimene, and John Daley as Alceste's friend Philinte have the same problem, although they both improve considerably as the play progresses. The stay of the show is Ken Demsky as Acaste, the foppish rival for Celimene's hand. Kathy Clinton, who does a good overall job of direction, has wisely ignored Richard Wilbur...