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...almost seemed like a nominating convention. The organ roared; there were banners, signs and demonstrators. Then, as 1,800 Republicans cheered, clapped and whistled, Arizona's Republican Senator Barry Goldwater walked onstage at the Coronado Theater in Rockford, Ill. It had been a long day-he had whisked through an afternoon of interviews, toured four factories, exhorted G.O.P. contributors at lunch and dinner-but Goldwater still seemed completely fresh...
...message to Rockford was typical -and so was the response. In 1961, Barry Morris Goldwater, 52, traveling tirelessly about the land to champion the cause of the Republican Party, U.S. conservatism and his own variety of rugged individualism, is the hottest political figure this side of Jack Kennedy...
...sheet metal worker at Douglas Aircraft Co., began peddling his own Hobbycopter kits and blueprints. Last year Adams sold nearly 100 kits at $2,800 apiece, mailed out more than 1,000 blueprints at $35 each. Helicopter clubs have sprouted up in Detroit and Flint, Mich., Rockford, Ill., Minneapolis and St. Paul. Explains Designer Igor Bensen: "Helicopters attract the young in spirit. Some are people who have reached the saturation point playing with cars and want more of a challenge. Some are frustrated pilots. There are more than 300,000 pilots in the U.S. but only 70,000 planes...
...Kerby-Miller was Dean of Instruction at Radcliffe from 1946 to 1959, when she became Dean of the Graduate School. Since 1947 she has also held a Faculty post as Lecturer in English. A trustee of Rockford and Mount Holyoke Colleges, she has been president of the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools...
...idol Cook County (Chicago) judge with an impeccable record, is being matched against lackluster Republican Incumbent William Stratton, 46, trying for an unprecedented third term on a record tinged with statehouse scandal. Judge Kerner, the favorite, has endorsements from such normally Republican papers as the Peoria Journal Star and Rockford Star...