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...veteran of 15 years with P.T.I., Lazarus scored his first big Congo scoop when he reported that Congolese troops were threatening to attack the residence of India's Rajeshwar Dayal, who is U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold's personal representative in the Congo. Spotting the story in the august Times of India-one of 200 Indian dailies that sub scribe to P.T.I.-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru rose in India's Parliament to protest the hostile attitude of the Congolese government toward his countryman. But other Congo hands could find no evidence for Lazarus' sensational story...
...Delhi, citing Lazarus' finger-chewing story as evidence, Jawaharlal Nehru again lectured his Parliament on the brutality of the regime headed by Congolese Strongman Colonel Joseph Mobutu. Again a check by Willie's competitors demolished his scoop: an inspection by a Belgian doctor found Lumumba under rigorous confinement in a Congolese army camp but with his fingers intact. But at week's end, despite outraged rumblings from the Congolese government, Willie Lazarus was sticking to his story. Said he: "I can't prove it, but I still believe...
Defense: Missouri's Stuart Symington, onetime Truman Air Force Secretary, who has been working up a Defense Department reorganization plan; Washington's Henry ("Scoop") Jackson; General Dynamics Chairman (and former Truman Army Secretary) Frank Pace. Pundit Joe Alsop predicted the picking of Byron ("Whizzer") White, Denver lawyer, All-America football star and national chairman of Citizens for Kennedy...
...Larry O'Brien and Pollster Lou Harris (working feverishly with past election records and a slipstick) analyzed reports from far-flung observers-90 appointed assistants in key precincts all over the nation-who phoned in their findings direct. Bobby kept in touch with Democratic National Committee Chairman Henry ("Scoop") Jackson in Washington over a direct telephone line. He had another private line to Jack's house, but frequently Jack went over to the command post himself to look at the returns. When the news of the big Connecticut victory came over the wires. Jack uttered his favorite exclamation...
...doubt still gnawed at top Democrats in Washington. "Scoop" Jackson said the race was narrowing. The Midwest held the balance of power, and the balance was seesawing. Wisconsin fell to Nixon, as the Democrats' disappointingly small turnout in Milwaukee failed to overcome the outstate G.O.P. avalanche. Kennedy's Illinois lead dwindled further. Minnesota turned into a no man's state. Kennedy was still in front by 14% in Michigan, but Democrats declined to proclaim victory until the final third of the vote was counted...