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...known and liked among the leaders of his own party across the U.S he has trouble in the Republican organization of his home state. His rapid rise in politics has not been greeted with any joy by two older hands in California Republicanism U.S. Senator William Knowland and Governor Goodwin J. Knight. Nixon and Knight factions have been feuding for a long time; the odds favor a Knight-controlled delegation to the Republican National Convention...
Vice President Richard Nixon and California's Governor Goodwin Knight, whose love for Republicans in general does not extend to each other in particular, had another little tussle for precedence. Asked to introduce Nixon at a G.O.P. fund-raising dinner in San Francisco next month, Goodie Knight found he had a "previous engagement." But he sent Nixon a telegram offering to introduce the Vice President at another Republican rally in Los Angeles where the governor would be the undisputed star...
...proved) influence on lung cancer. Scientists measure the strength of a smog bout by the amount of ozone in the air. If the ozone count ever reaches 1.5 parts per million, public health officials fear disaster. The Los Angeles smog last week reached 0.90. California's Governor Goodwin Knight stood ready to declare the city a disaster area, and to proclaim martial...
...Appointed two Democrats, Texas' Governor Allan Shivers and Boston Mayor John Hynes, and a Republican, California's Governor Goodwin Knight, to the National Civil Defense Advisory Council...
Just before 3 o'clock in the morning, as the Pacific purred foamily on the beach at Santa Monica, California's robustious Republican Governor Goodwin J. ("Goody") Knight, 58, was awakened by stealthy sounds in the bedroom of his waterfront apartment. Turning on a lamp, he saw a crouching prowler beside wife Virginia's bed. Never better in a crisis, Goody Knight, a nocturnal symphony in blue and white pajamas, leaped up, lunged toward the intruder, shouting, "I'll get him! You call the cops!" As Virginia screamed girlishly, the crook escaped over...