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...speeches flowed on, the real work continued in a complex of hotels in downtown San Francisco, as the top strategists and supporters of both William W. Scranton and Barry M. Goldwater made final preparations for the nominating procedures set to begin on Wednesday...
...largest Scranton rally to date was held this afternoon in Union Square. The Governor arrived in a horse-pulled stagecoach as throngs cheered and appauded his further attacks on the Arizona senator. Even the large band of Ringo Starr-for-President girls was there screaming...
This same enthusiasm and exuberance continues to be displayed by the entire Scranton camp, despite the convincing claims of Goldwater and the national press that the conservative has more than enough committed delegates for a first ballot nomination. Scranton followers are still firm in the conviction that their own delegate count may yet be more correct and their last-minute drive for the nomination successful...
...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...