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Study in Contrasts. Rivalry between the two would be fascinating regardless of the prize. They are a study in contrasts. Richard Milhous Nixon, only 55 but a political force in the nation for a full generation; the steely infighter who developed from a boy beanpicker in Whittier, Calif., to the second-youngest Vice President in U.S. history; the man who has been around so long, sat so high, fallen so far, and so discreetly risen again that some of his oldest enemies have grown mellow toward him; and the politician who, despite his origins and his own mellowing, has been...
Died. Hannah Milhous Nixon, 82, mother of Richard; of a heart attack; in Whittier, Calif. Son Dick's career benefited repeatedly from her Quaker faith and stout support. When rumors of a secret fund threatened his vice-presidency bid in 1952, Hannah wired his running mate to be "guided aright" and stand up for her son's integrity. Dwight Eisenhower read the telegram over nationwide radio and obeyed her orders...
...Richard Milhous Nixon, 54, hardly fits that description, but he is the man who is best equipped to unite the party. He already has a strong hold on the South-and thanks to a bonus rule adopted at the 1964 G.O.P. Convention, giving extra delegates to states that went for Goldwater or elected a Republican Governor or Senator, the South will have more votes than any other section at the convention (356 v. 355 for the East, 352 for the Midwest, 262 for the West, eight for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands). Nixon could well enter the convention with...
...Richard Milhous Nixon...
With two brief, declarative sentences, Richard Milhous Nixon moved back onto the firing line of U.S. politics and announced a decision that will influence the course of the Republican Party to the very moment the G.O.P. nominates its 1964 presidential candidate. Said Dick Nixon in Los Angeles: "I shall not be a candidate for President of the U.S. in 1964. I shall be a candidate for Governor of the State of California...