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...prototype of a class of pragmatic, nondoctrinaire, problem-solving Republicans who came to the forefront after the 1964 debacle. Before television, keynote speeches were all too often incredible and interminable. Historian Mark Sullivan once called them "a combination of oratory, grand opera and hog calling." After Ohio Senator Simeon Fess's keynote at the 1928 Republican Convention, Will Rogers chortled: "Here are just a few things I bet you didn't know the Republicans were responsible for: radio, telephone, baths, automobiles, savings accounts, law enforcement, workmen living in houses and a living wage for Senators...
Also, Arthur J. Jacobson, Lowell, Social Studies; Harry E. Shaw, Leverett, History and Literature; Simeon I. Taylor, Quincy, Biological Sciences; and Peter H. Wirth, Adams, English...
...effort to find out their tastes in articles ranging from coffee percolators to children's wear. A Bulgarian outfit is conducting research on a sample of 4,000 families. "The Bulgarian consumer is now being X-rayed to guide production of cars, TV sets and refrigerators," announced Simeon Panev, a 29-year-old analyst from Sofia...
Seat of Empire. In its heyday, when Hearst was in residence, San Simeon's guards kept the curious miles at bay. Entrance then was by invitation only. Today, motorists are arriving from Los Angeles and San Francisco along winding, coastal Route 1 at the rate of 435,000 a year, and the crowds are growing. On Sunday, the waiting time for visitors can stretch out to three hours-but then Hearst used to keep his editors waiting for days before they were ushered into "the Chiefs" presence...
Ironically, what attracts the tourists is less the legend than the extravagant display. The name of Marion Davies, the good-natured ex-chorine who played hostess at San Simeon to a list of greats that included Winston Churchill, Calvin Coolidge, Bill Tilden and Garbo, is rarely mentioned. Hearst's private study, the seat from which he directed his empire, and the radio shack equipped with a radio-control tower and a complete switchboard through which he transmitted his orders, attract only passing interest. What delights the curiosity seekers are the same things that enthralled the Chief...