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...Pennsylvania's Governor William Scranton, who termed Barry's voluntary scheme "the worst kind of fiscal irresponsibility." Since Goldwater's nomination, Democrats have picked up the issue, and President Johnson mentions social security in almost the same breath with "Peace and Prosperity." Said he to a Harrisburg, Pa., audience last month: "We do have a choice this year. It is the choice between the mighty voice of the American majority saying yes and the fading echo of the few who still say no. The majority said yes long ago to social security. The echo still says...
...Proverbs 16:32). "Any man who shares control of such enormous power," said Lyndon, "must remember that 'He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city.' " Later in the week in Harrisburg, he delivered a harsh attack on extremists, who, he claimed, "demand that you choose a doctrine alien to America-a doctrine that would lead to a tragic convulsion in our foreign relations-a doctrine that flouts the unity of our society and searches for scapegoats among our people...
...spurs link towns and even plants, is owned either by consortiums of companies or by eight independent transmission companies, led by Houston's Tennessee Gas Transmission Co. So much pipe has been emboweled about the petrochemical suburbs of Houston that the area is called "the Spaghetti Bowl." Near Harrisburg, Pa., five different pipelines parallel one another through the Allegheny Mountains. Pacific Gas & Electric's 36-in., 1,400-mile "Big Yard" carries 600 million cu. ft. of Canadian natural gas daily to 34 California counties and to Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. The Big Yard is the largest...
...names, ages, financial background, marital status, business contacts, clubs, fraternities, presidential preference, and the names of friends or associates who might put pro-Scranton pressure on the delegates. So precious were these files that Scranton's men had divided them into six sec tions for the trip from Harrisburg to San Francisco, packed a guard along with each segment on a different train or plane so no single railroad wreck or air crash could destroy the whole package...
...Last Five Words. On the way back to Harrisburg, Bill Scranton sat seething in the rear seat of a Pennsylvania National Guard Super Constellation. As much as anyone, Scranton realized that the fiasco in Cleveland had damaged his political standing and that, regardless of how he felt about the party and its 1964 nominee, he had to take some action that would redeem his own political image. Just before the plane landed, he instructed his aides to arrange a meeting for the next night at the governor's mansion at Indiantown Gap, some 20 miles from Harrisburg...