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Once upon a time, Chicken-lichen went into the woods to look for meat, and an acorn fell upon her poor head, so she cried: "The sky is falling down!" She told Hen-len who told Cock-lock, who told Duck-luck, who told Drake-lake, who told Goose-loose, who told Gander-lander, who told Turkey-lurkey. And on their way to tell the King, they met Fox-lox, who offered to take them to the Palace. Instead, he ate them all up. Moral: Use Your Head, Else a Fox May Pluck Your Feathers...
...Baffled by the deft passing of Purdue Quarterback Len Dawson and the hard driving of Fullback Mel Dillard, Notre Dame dropped its second game 28-14. ¶In the Ivy League Harvard bounced back from its upset by Tufts and overpowered Cornell 32-7. Princeton mauled a weak Penn team 34-0, and Yale ran into unexpected opposition before beating Columbia...
Doorbells & Brass Tacks. First to acknowledge the threat was G.O.P. Committee Chairman Len Hall. Said he: "Let us not underestimate the opposing party. They're strong and tough, and despite what they claim, they're well financed. Every single vote will count in this next election. Any Republican who feels this election is in the bag-who fails to register and vote-is taking a great risk." The pundits were calling the same signals. Hard-shell Conservative Columnist David Lawrence urged Ike to "get down to brass tacks and explain the issues...
...Those are comfort stations, not buses, Mr. President." Ike whipped his glasses out of his breast pocket for a look, gasped: "Oh, for goodness' sake." At 4:30 p.m. he took his seat on the platform and the program began. First major speech was a warm-up by Len Hall, then the speech that Ike had been waiting for. Author: Dick Nixon. He did not believe in answering personal attacks on the President, said Nixon, but when the Administration's accomplishments are misrepresented or distorted, "it is our responsibility to set the record straight." Examples...
...notable short subjects: a beaming Ike playfully flicking balloons with Joe Martin; Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge cold-shouldering Harold Stassen; Keynoter Langlie imitating Keynoter Frank ("How long, O how long?") Clement; the Eisenhowers and Nixons grouped together beneath the rostrum; Ike's proud-grandpa chuckle when beamish Len Hall made eight-year-old David Eisenhower honorary convention chairman; Joe Martin steadying old (82) Herbert Hoover with a thoughtful touch of the elbow; the fixed, pasty smile on the face of Harold Stassen; the sheer spectacle of thousands of balloons cascading overhead as bells, sirens, organ and band music clashed...