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...sign up with the Democrats. To handle this key job, Kennedy picked an old friend, New Jersey Congressman Frank Thompson Jr., 42, as the head of a nationwide organization of door-to-door volunteers. Said Thompson, after a fast trip to Hyannisport: "We're going to canvass every precinct." ¶The usual "independent volunteers" or ganization was set up, charged with luring not only independents and Republicans into the Kennedy camp, but also "dissident Democrats" - that is, Northern and Eastern Democrats who cannot stand Johnson, and Southern Democrats who quail at Jack. National Chairman: Denver Lawyer (and onetime University...
...April 6 U.S. Steel Hour (CBS, 10-11 p.m.)* Robert (Elfego Baca) Loggia and Claude (Paris Precinct) Dauphin team up in How to Make a Killing, a lighthearted murder mystery set in 19th century France. Even the uninitiate can be sure that the victim will not be Guest Star Eva Gabor...
Loud & Clear. Hubert Humphrey's liberalism differs from the cerebral variety of Adlai Stevenson, for example, more because of what Humphrey is than what he says. Humphrey, a scrappy, up-from-the-precinct politician, is generally charming, garrulous, out-giving, and he responds chemically to the presence of other human beings. At times he seems to draw strength from people: often when he appears before an audience looking completely worn and tired, he appears to undergo a physical change. Energy seems to flow into him from his listeners; his eyes sparkle and his color heightens...
...archaeology, major discoveries don't usually occur in any meaningful chain of events. The Lydian room was uncovered after extensive exploration of the precinct of the House of Bronzes (called by the excavators "H.B."), just a few days before the campaign...
During election campaigns, the CCA endorses a slate of candidates for Council and School Committee, and backs up its endorsement with an efficient ward and precinct organization. At other times it watches the city government and prepares positons on specific issues to back up its election platforms...