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...holds out, there will be trial balloons in U.S. politics. The device is especially useful in the vice-presidential area. In his 1960 pre-convention campaign, John Kennedy won support from at least half a dozen Democrats by convincing each that he was a likely choice as a running mate. Some, like ex-Governors George Docking of Kansas and Herschel Loveless of Iowa, have hardly been heard of since...
There were scattered votes for Dean Rusk, Ohio's Senator Frank Lausche, Washington's Senator Henry Jackson and Jackie Kennedy. All of which may or may not be helpful to Lyndon Johnson, who will pick his own running mate about five minutes after he has been nominated by acclamation next August at Atlantic City...
When a Lampyris female does not find a mate promptly, says Dr. Schaller, she begins to wag her abdomen. As time passes, her little belly dance becomes more frantic. Dr. Schaller rigged his dummies for vigorous wagging, and they had outstanding success in attracting mates. Lampyris noctiluca, he is convinced, has a highly selective optical system for locating willing females...
Fickle Failing. Phausis splendidula males are made of far less discriminating stuff. Besides mating properly with Phausis females, they go for almost anything that shows a light. They have been known to try unsuccessfully for hours to mate with Lampyris females. They respond to dummies with lights that are unnatural red or blue, and they seem to prefer a dummy with a lure that is bigger or brighter than normal. Phausis females, also, are less resourceful than their Lampyris relatives. No matter how long they go unmated, they never wiggle their abdomens. Dr. Schaller believes that such Phausis dullness keeps...
Margaret Chase Smith, Republican presidential nominee by acclamation, surprises the convention in San Francisco by asking for Barry Goldwater to be her running mate. Goldwater accepts, saying, "I am convinced that the youth of the country want me to take the position." President Johnson, also nominated by acclamation, leaves the choice of a running mate up to the convention, and says he is "pleased as punch" at the selection of Governor George Wallace, who, he thinks, "will sure steal the thunder from those two Republicans...