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...Virginia, home of Jerry West, Don Knotts and Soupy Sales, casts its 35 votes ..."). On the first roll call, McGovern started strongly with 1,205½ of the 1,509 votes needed for the nomination, climbed to 1,355½ on the second, and then fell into a seeming deadlock with Humphrey, who eventually gave way to Muskie. Finally, after twelve hours and seven roll calls, the mock delegates settled on the nominee: Ted Kennedy...
...troops hold, then he probably would remain a strong national leader. Thus military events in Viet Nam, rather than any action by Washington, will probably determine Thieu's fate. This is part of the test of Vietnamization, although it is also a probable script for continued deadlock and a prolonged...
...each future contest, the political equations will change and the pressures increase. It is now highly likely that after all the bloodshed of the primaries, no one will go to Miami Beach with a lock on the nomination. If so, it will be a fascinating week in July. A deadlock would probably eliminate McGovern as too leftward and experimental, even though that might provoke a fourth-party rebellion. Humphrey might also be unacceptable: "too much like 1968 ... a loser's image." That might leave Muskie as a "reconciliation" candidate. Or it is possible, as some politicians have already begun...
...claimed to be, were actually supported by the Central Intelligence Agency. Last spring the Nixon Administration ordered the CIA to stop its payments and proposed the creation of a public-private corporation similar to COMSAT that would run the two stations under congressional scrutiny. But Fulbright has created a deadlock between the House and Senate over bills that would keep the stations alive until this or some other new arrangement could be worked out. As a result, a temporary congressional appropriation expired last week, leaving RFE and Radio Liberty with only enough money for a few more weeks of operation...
...performance by Princeton's Cambell in the 100 yd, free prevented a Crimson sweep of the freestyle events, but Paul Horvitz and Steve Baird took important places to deadlock the meet...