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Kohler, Wisconsin's three-term former governor, was the narrow victor last month in a bitter, seven-man G.O.P. primary (TIME, Aug. 12). Since then, factional wounds have been healing and Kohler has found allies among the defeated six. But he could establish no such rapport with Latecomer Boyle, an old hand at going after the frontrunner. Last year Boyle jumped into a G.O.P. primary between Senator Alexander Wiley and conservative ex-Congressman Glenn Davis, helped Wiley win by picking off about 5% of Davis' conservative vote. He makes no bones about trying to trip Walter Kohler...
...fact that Ike's trip was the first U.S. presidential helicopter flight. Actually, Eisenhower is no whirlybird newcomer; as NATO commander (1951-52) he racked up many copter hours inspecting troops and installations in Western Europe. * Asked the Boston Globe's Herbert Kenny: "Will Ike find rapport / at Newport? / Will his temper distort / at Newport? / Would the weather dare thwart / his transport of sport / the day they escort / Ike to the seaport of Newport...
Nobody Tried. After establishing a sudsy rapport with the proprietors, Strickland would head for the action, which, he soon discovered, was usually near the men's room. "I'd just walk on back toward the men's room," he explains, "maybe acting a little unsteady, and then push on into the gambling room...
...collective portrait of the banker, said Eaton, is that of a man who is "austere, respected, conservative, competent and distant. The public feels little emotional rapport with him." Said one of those interviewed: "The average banker to me is a stuffed shirt. He would like those people who came in with a lot of money. He wouldn't pay any mind to the average guy who came in without too much dough...
Shahn, did not, however, criticize the necessity for conservative artistic elements, which "keep the treasure of the past." He emphasized that the "visionary artists" and the conservatives must reach mutual rapport and balance...