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...some of the competitors in Pillsbury's twelfth Annual Grand National Bake-Off last week, it was just one knead after another. One woman could not get her Danish rolls to rise because of the air conditioning in baking headquarters at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C.; another forgot her spectacles and could not see to pick the stems off the raisins (a Pillsbury vice president thoughtfully lent her his). Another sent Pillsbury staffers scurrying about to find bleached pumpkin seeds (they had given her unbleached ones...
Then there is the simple fact that not all of the supposed 250,000 like Nixon, or at least that not all were intending to vote for him. There were some Kennedy placards--one at the Statler Hotel read, "We Want Kennedy. Go Home"--but not very many. And there was the usual percentage of concerned but ineligible college youth and screamy little kids. But, even with all this taken into consideration, there was an unexpectedly large number of Nixon supporters on a miserable day in Sen. Kennedy's home state. The 6,000 paid-up diners at Thursday night...
Saltonstall still seemed to be amazingly popular with Bostonians, although it is hard to say why. He seems to be a nice enough old duck, without glaring faults or shining virtues. When the motorcade reached the Statler-Hilton, Salty stood unnoticed, without even a police escort, while the crowd mobbed Nixon. Once Nixon was safely inside the hotel, however, the throng feel on the Senator with the affection of a mother for her long-lost son. One beefy fan kept pounding Saltonstall on the back and shouting, "Hey look! It's Salty! How are ya, Salty?" Such is the love...
Nixon himself looked suntanned and genial, and showed his extreme polish in impromptu speeches at the airport and en route to the Statler. His addresses to the local dinner and to the nation over closed-circuit TV were hard-hitting and effective; he seems to have refined most of the corn out of his talks, at least in Boston. In general, the impression was strong that the Republicans are not dead in Massachusetts...
Vice-President Richard M. Nixon will pay a quick visit to Boston this evening. The Republican Presidential nominee will arrive at Logan Airport about 5 p.m., and then proceed by motorcade to the Statler Hotel...