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Author: By Harrison Young, | Title: THE CLASS OF '66 | 6/15/1966 | See Source »

...Clasp & Pal. In Wisconsin, the so-called Kennedy candidate is Lieut. Governor Patrick J. Lucey, 48, who as state Democratic chairman was instrumental in Jack Kennedy's victory over Hubert Humphrey in that state's bitter 1960 primary. Lucey, who sports a PT 109 tie clasp, visited the White House often during the New Frontier and in 1963 was recruited by J.F.K.'s brother-in-law Stephen Smith to reorganize Ohio's Democrats. In return, Bobby Kennedy last August topped the bill at a dinner that netted $60,000 for Lucey's current campaign. Since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats: Straws in the Wind | 4/22/1966 | See Source »

Offshore powerboat racing is no delicate art like trying to steer a skittery hydroplane around the smooth surface of a protected lake. It is simple, straightforward stuff: slamming headlong through the open ocean in anything from a souped-up outboard to a PT boat-until your ribs rattle and your face is white with salt. It is madness, of course. But as Ohio Millionaire Merrick Lewis, 41, explained on the eve of last week's Sam Griffith Memorial Race from Miami to Bimini and back: "Once in a while, you have to force yourself into doing something that petrifies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Powerboat Racing: Madness off Miami | 3/4/1966 | See Source »

...look across the table, you'll see that we're not so old." Here, in a less weighty moment, is Kennedy at his children's bedtime, inventing stories about "Caroline hunting with the Orange County hounds and winning the Grand National and John in his PT boat sinking a Japanese destroyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Combative Chronicler | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

...Senator then cited the attack on U.S. ships in the Tonkin Gulf by three or four North Vietnamese PT boats ("like a 14-year-old boy with a bean shooter attacking Cassius Clay") that spurred U.S. escalation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gruening Attacks U.S. Commitment To Vietnam War | 12/10/1965 | See Source »

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