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...chairman of the Republican National Committee since 1961, U.S. Representative William Edward Miller, 50, has proved himself a tireless, effective party organizer. A Roman Catholic and a New Yorker, he gives a semblance of religious and geographic balance to the ticket. A compact 5-ft. 7-in., 140-pounder, he makes a good appearance -particularly when accompanied by his highly photogenic wife Stephanie and their daughters Elizabeth Ann, 20, and Mary Karen, 17. A conservative after Barry's own heart, Miller is an acid-tongued orator with a notable talent for getting under Democratic skins. In fact, Goldwater told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Running Mate | 7/24/1964 | See Source »

Thurmond had all the best of it: a trim, 170-pounder, he is the Senate's No. 1 physical fitness bug, does not smoke or drink (not even carbonated beverages), just that morning had done 59 push-ups on his office carpet. Yarborough is a fairly flabby 200-pounder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: How Silly Can You Get? | 7/17/1964 | See Source »

...than lick Ben Hogan, says that going after blacks is "like hunting elephants." Another expert big game fisherman, S. Kip Farrington Jr., calls the black "the glamour boy of all fishes-and the most difficult to catch." Farrington should know: he once held the world record (a 1,135-pounder), and he has also spent 94 consecutive fishing days without boating a single marlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fishing: All Out for Banzai! | 7/10/1964 | See Source »

...Jamaica. In the two years since Smith opened shop, hundreds of marlin have been pulled from Pinas Bay's waters, and Smith himself has one of five world records: a 186-lb. 8-oz. beauty, caught on 12-lb. test line-the equivalent, perhaps, of a 1.900-pounder on standard 130-lb. test. In one twelve-day span at Pinas last year, a marlin-mad Virginia couple actually boated 47 blacks, and Smith can prove that six out of every ten visitors land the marlin they came to catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fishing: All Out for Banzai! | 7/10/1964 | See Source »

Abrams, a 200-pounder, won seven matches and lost seven playing number one last year. As a sophomore he played at number two and lost only one match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jim Campen, Abrams Lead Golfers; Two Sophomores Give Team Depth | 4/10/1964 | See Source »

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