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That rally and a dozen others like it that have been held in recent weeks in Spain are part of a heated debate preceding a referendum over whether Spain should remain a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The vote takes place this week, and preballot polls show the pro-NATO forces losing in a close contest...
...some 500 Taft delegates met in the Hilton Hotel ballroom for a preballot pep rally. Cried Taft lieutenant Paul Walter: "Are we going to stand firm?" Shouted the crowd: "Yes!" Everett Dirksen was on hand, too. "We are gathered here together to hold up each other's hands," said he, recalling how Moses needed two men to hold up his hands so that the Israelites could go on winning. "All hands to the wheel, Bob!" cried Dirksen, in the mixed metaphor of the year. "I am in your corner to the last ditch." Bob himself told the delegates that...
...These preballot box rumors perhaps may be the basis for such statements that the Democratic organization gave Governor Horner only "lukewarm support." Like many such pre-election rumors, this is without basis in fact...
...Other preballot features of the Grand Old Party's grand old party included the following...
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