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Tongue Twister. In Anadarko, Okla., a witness in a district court trial was asked by Attorney Chuck Goodwin if he thought the defendant's tongue had been thick at the time of the alleged offense, answered: "I didn't look in his mouth...
VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON is caught between the furiously feuding forces of Bill Knowland and Republican Governor Goodwin J. Knight, the G.O.P. Senate candidate. Unless Nixon can patch things up, a Democratic sweep figures to cost him heavily in prestige and in the benefits of a strong Republican Party in his home state...
...Republican showing in California's popularity-poll primaries (TIME, June 16). Items: ¶ Republican Gubernatorial Candidate William F. Knowland announced that he would give his "wholehearted and loyal support" to the state Republican ticket in the November elections. ¶ Virtually every G.O.P. candidate-including Senatorial Candidate Goodwin J. Knight, the incumbent Governor-indicated polite but firm refusal to accept Big Bill's kindness. They prefer going it alone, since they think that Knowland's unpopular right-to-work program is hurting party chances, and furthermore, that Nominee Knowland cannot beat Democratic Nominee Pat Brown...
...opposition. Senate Minority Leader William Fife Knowland, with no G.O.P. opposition, got the Republican nomination, and will fight out the governorship with Brown in November. In the battle for a Senate successor to Bill Knowland, Northern California's Congressman Clair Engle took the Democratic nomination. And G.O.P. Governor Goodwin J. Knight, who ran for the Senate after Knowland pressured him out of another term as Governor, won the Republican nomination over San Francisco's Mayor George Christopher...
Despite the sprawling expanse of Southern California, candidates in the California primary were almost as plentiful on the streets last week as palm trees. The Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Attorney General Edmund Gerald ("Pat") Brown, roamed Los Angeles, pressing hands and arguments. Both G.O.P. senatorial candidates, Governor Goodwin J. Knight and San Francisco Mayor George Christopher, pulled into town, and their Democratic opponent, Congressman Clair Engle, hopped from one airport to the next in a red and blue Cessna 310. G.O.P. Gubernatorial Hopeful William Fife Knowland flew out from Washington for a picnic in Riverside County, and his womenfolk bussed from...