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Last week Romney faced his gubernatorial opponent, scholarly Congress-man-at-large Neil Staebler, in debate before mostly Democratic delegates to a state A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention in Grand Rapids. In his opening remarks, Staebler set about trying to drape that albatross. Said he, in his high-pitched voice: "Romney is having a difficult time defending the Republican record while he attempts to carry Goldwater on both shoulders. Make no mistake about...
...Staebler: His problem is one of carrying Goldwater on both shoulders. It is a problem of being extremely moderate or moderately extreme...
Romney (to Staebler): Are you for George Wallace and Strom Thurmond...
...Staebler: My position is very clear...
...more votes. A poll taken for ex-Governor Swainson surprisingly showed Swainson ahead of Romney, 50.1 per cent to 49.5 in the gubernatorial contest. Swainson, however, has ruled himself out of November's race for reasons of health, and the likely winner of the Democratic nomination is Neil Staebler, now Congressman-at-Large and the Democratic State Chairman who presided over Williams's victories. Staebler won his '62 race--his first--by 110,000 votes, and although he is not as well-known as Swainson, he does not have the close identification with labor unions that hurt Swainson in many...