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...conservative Democrat Allen Frear are examples of this trend. Exceptional were the victories of Illinois' Paul Douglas and Oregon's Richard Neuberger in fights where there was a vast ideological difference between the candidates. Studying the returns, Political Analyst Samuel Lubell concluded that candidates are try ing harder than ever to find and adjust to the central sentiments of their constituencies. If they continue to succeed, as they did in 1954. there may be more and more close races in the future...
...ing! Next day, the President took off on a whirlwind speaking trip to Cleveland, Detroit, Louisville and Wilmington. By leaving Washington at 7:25 a.m. and returning at 7:14 p.m., the President traveled some 1,500 miles and averaged an incredible 125 m.p.h., including stops. Everywhere he went, his theme was Peace and Prosperity: "We won't go to war in order to get work." At his last stop, in Delaware, Ike had a suggestion to make: "If everybody here in this audience would go home this evening and start calling up-would call ten voters...
AFROTC enrollment has been dropping ever since 1951. That autumn 235 members of the class of '55 signed up. In 1953, the number of '56 freshmen enter- ing the program fell...
...Nevada at Large. In 1952, taking advantage of a Democratic feud (powerful old U.S. Senator Pat McCarran was knif ing the Democratic candidate for the other Senate seat), Republican Clifton Young slid in by 771 votes. This year McCarran is supporting the party's ticket, and Young is in trouble...
...Swift & the Strong. If it had not been for sports, most TV sets could have been turned off last week with little loss. Dragnet, Mr. Peepers, Groucho Marx and a dozen other shows were still show ing repeat films to whoever happened to have missed them in the winter months. Sir Thomas Beecham would have been happy watching Light Heavyweight Archie Moore club Harold Johnson into submission (see SPORT), or seeing the professional Detroit Lions give the College All-Stars a painful football lesson, 31-6, on one of the largest radio (670 stations) and TV (160 stations) networks ever...