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Wisconsin's Democratic Governor Gaylord Nelson, 46, was out to slay a solon. And he had it all planned out. The intended victim was Alexander Wiley, 78, after 24 years the senior Republican in the U.S. Senate. The plan was simple: campaign energetically around the state, irk the old gentleman, let him lose his temper, and then shrug it all off as though it were pitiful proof of senility. The Nelson strategy worked...
What does irk them is Kennedy's firm opposition to federal aid for private and church-run schools. Most Catholics feel that Kennedy's refusal to support federal aid for private schools places "harsh economic sanctions upon millions of parents who, in the exercise of their religious liberty, choose to educate their children in parochial schools . . ." Catholics, concludes Father Davis, can understand why Kennedy might not show up to review a St. Patrick's Day parade, but they cannot understand and countenance "a positive act of discrimination...
...script trippingly. Dean Martin neatly blends tomfoolery and tomcattery. Except for the initial spat, real life Husband-and-Wife Team Curtis and Leigh nibble at each other as voraciously as if they were hors d'oeuvres at a cannibal cocktail party. The assorted nonsense will probably irk no one except college faculty wives, who may find the decor irritatingly ludicrous. On an assistant professor's salary, Tony and Janet maintain a duplex Manhattan penthouse, complete with panoramic view and a gracious clutter of antique silver buckets atwirl with champagne...
...seen Secretary Dulles' picture always looking the same, whether entering a plane in Washington or coming out of one in Geneva? I've seen as many as 15 pictures of President Eisenhower move on U.P. Telephoto in one afternoon and evening operation." Other picture platitudes that irk Knight include the congressional hearing that always seems to be shot from the same angle, the baseball "slide" that always looks the same "except for the amount of dust being scattered...
...these pledges are still unfulfilled, and, in a last-minute drive to catch up with wayward pledge-makers, the Council has offered an easy out--contributions from University coupon books. Lack of ready cash is no longer an adequate plea. The Council's Service Fund relieves everyone from the irk-some chore of wallet-reaching or door-slamming before an endless chain of charity canvassers; it seems only just that everyone should have a share in making this relief a reality...