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...Republican love feast, Delaware's Governor J. (for James) Caleb Boggs named amateur Poetess Virginia Knight, bride of California's Governor Goodwin J. ("Goody") Knight, as an honorary poet laureate of Delaware. The work especially appealing to Boggs's eye was a two-stanza poem, dashed off by Virginia last week in Washington, where her husband was attending the governors' conference (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) with President Eisenhower. Title: The President Smiled at Me. Excerpts: "The President smiled at me/ And every fiber of emotion swelled within my soul . . ./ So deep was my humility . . ./ When the President...
Almost any audience larger than a twosome has an attraction for California's Governor Goodwin Jess Knight, who travels tirelessly around the state with his big right hand ready for the shake and his vocal cords for the speech. But last week "Goody" Knight conspicuously stayed away from a banner Republican gathering in Southern California. Reason: the guest of honor was Vice President Richard Nixon, a fellow Californian whose hand Governor Knight prefers not to shake...
...gentleness of a new razor blade, he named and praised outstanding California Republicans. He had something good to say about U.S. Senators William F. Knowland and Thomas H. Kuchel; he mentioned former Governor (now U.S. Chief Justice) Earl Warren. But never once did he utter the name of Goodwin J. Knight. There was only a passing reference to "our present governor...
Hurdler Charlie Pratt, two-miler Bob Sharra, and 1000-man Bob Goodwin have established Manhattan as another championship possibility. Last year the Jaspers were third, only two points behind Yale...
...expenses. A day later, when Columnist Coates presented the parents on his TV show, the reaction was instantaneous: shocked viewers flooded the station with 700 phone calls, 1,000 letters and several petitions, copies of which had been sent to the State Capitol at Sacramento. California's Governor Goodwin Knight even called Riverside to find out what was going...