Word: scranton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Take the Platform." Actually, Goldwater will go to considerable lengths to avoid a platform fight, since a clash over an emotional issue seems to be the only thing that could blow the convention open and give Scranton a chance. Top Goldwater aides are likely to seek compromise rather than a fight, and to suggest: "You take the platform; we'll take the nomination...
...major platform battle, Laird believes that it will be between Goldwater delegates who insist that the party advocate repeal of parts of the new bill and moderates who may propose much tougher measures than are included in the bill. Already, Pennsylvania's Senator Hugh Scott, the Scranton spokesman on the Platform Committee, has urged a flat statement that the party considers the bill constitutional, which would go directly against Goldwater's declaration in the Senate that it is not. Laird hopes that all factions can get together on a simple statement pledging vigorous enforcement of the new bill...
...Chronicle has pledged blanket convention coverage: Count Marco, for example, taking note of the convention site, the Cow Palace, announced plans to examine the herd of delegates and delegates' wives in search of cows. Editorially, the paper greeted Bill Scranton's entry with hearty cheers...
...Examiner's morals: the paper no longer prints cheesecake, and its trucks now proclaim: "Decency-A Family Newspaper." The Examiner's editorial policy is set in New York, where Editor in Chief William Randolph Hearst Jr. has displayed a preference neither for Goldwater nor for Scranton but for Henry Cabot Lodge: "Don't be surprised if many delegates turn to the handsome and experienced politician-diplomat...
...candidate who can capture large chunks of Democratic votes without conceding to the Democrats more than a handful of GOP votes, he is the obvious choice for the minority party." Goldwater has remained the Tribune's choice through thick and thin. It classified Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton's last-minute arrival onstage as "a late and vain challenge" and "an exercise in futility...