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...farmers account for only 15% of the vote, and many of them are Republicans. But some Republicans will doubtless cross over to vote for Humphrey, a neighborly sort who for years treated himself as Wisconsin's "third Senator," and argued the farmers' case for high price supports louder than their own two Senators. Straw polls show farmers favoring Humphrey 46% to Kennedy's 29%, with 25% undecided...
...results could make a cardiac case out of a cuttlefish. In Rock du Coeur, the heart thuds (behind an electric guitar, a clavichord and drums) like a bass fiddle muffled in cotton wool. In Cha-Cha du Coeur, the heart sounds louder, its labors interrupted now and then by whispered "cha cha chas." The effect on the listener, noted France-Soir, was to create "a kind of obsession, almost anxiety." But Paris cats were buying the record briskly last week, and other record makers are sure to approach Model Guillenette with stethoscopes in hand; nobody, she said...
Each year Christmas on disks grows louder and bigger. This season the record companies are all but burying the tree with a blizzard of releases, ranging from a collection of Renaissance motets (on Epic's The Birth of Christ, with The Netherlands Chamber Choir) to Children go Where I Send You (ColPix) in which Songstress Nina Simone belts out the story of the "little-bitty baby was born in Bethlehem." In between are gaudy packages by the industry's perennial carolers : Arthur Fiedler, Fred Waring, Mitch Miller, George Melachrino. Among the more notable Christmas tinsel...
...small comfort to the other members of the "nuclear club." And it is only a matter of time before the Soviet Union runs out of concessions which would hinder Soviet expansion southward. Khrushchev has announced that Russia is the greatest power on earth--but China's actions speak louder than words...
...usherettes at the rear of the hall: only three years ago. Pianist Tana Bawden had been a Carnegie Hall usherette herself. But after the slim, curly-haired young man from St. Louis played Prokofiev's Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, the ovation was even louder: at intermission a Carnegie Hall stagehand was making book on him in the lobby...