Word: kefauveritis
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Bungles & Breakdowns. The most nightmarish grind on the campaign circuit is the chaotic 18-hour-a-day Kefauver schedule. Often up at 5 a.m., the reporters go through a jumble of airport receptions, several press conferences, street rallies, appearances at fairs and carnivals. Through it all, they suffer the repetitive...
The trip has been dogged by mishaps, bungles, delays and breakdowns, from the plane's mimeograph machine to the press bus, which left the newsmen on an Oregon roadside thumbing rides to the Portland airport. One unscheduled dash in Michigan sent the party on a breakneck 82-mile round...
During a single half hour in Oregon, a Kefauver press conference was scheduled, unscheduled, rescheduled and unrescheduled. Even Tour Director Charles Tyroler was moved to write a parody of the fickle itinerary. Sample: "11 a.m., previously unscheduled press conference in airport lounge. Kefauver drops bombshell. No ime to file. 12...
Despite-or because of-the ordeal, the reporters and staff have enjoyed a freewheeling camaraderie. Each group has thrown a party for the other. At one of them, tireless Candidate Kefauver himself gallantly delivered a reporter's written spoof of his speechifying cliches and halting style. Reported the New...
Forecast. By comparison, the Nixon and Stevenson campaign tours are models of sober efficiency. The pampered newsmen with Stevenson need not even bother to register at their hotel stopovers; their keys are handed to them as they enter. Buses and police escorts are prompt; breakfast is invariably hot as the...