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...cool to John Kennedy-ironically, on religious grounds. "I'm sure," he objected, "that a Catholic running for the Presidency must have an issue so big, so strong, so completely overriding that his religion is never thought of." At the eleventh hour, when his own favorite, Adlai Stevenson, pulled out of the contest, Lawrence backed Kennedy, and the votes that he delivered sewed up J.F.K.'s nomination. Lawrence, who also won Lyndon Johnson's gratitude by nominating the Texan for the Vice-Presidency, became an influential voice in both the New Frontier and the Great Society...
Platform for Action. Nor could Illinois' only L.B.J. neophyte, Gale Schis-ler, fend off the challenge of able G.O.P. State Legislator Tom Railsback. Ironically, the Illinois Democratic machine's only major victory was the election of Adlai Stevenson III, father-like son of the late Democratic presidential nominee, as state treasurer, by a hair-thin 30,758 votes?despite the fact that the party bosses had asked Stevenson to run for the post only because Senator Paul Douglas thought that the Stevenson name would help him in his own race...
Brown's fanatic fans will be coming up in hordes for this one, and with good reason. Cliff Stevenson generally compensates for the disastrous Bruin football teams by recruiting, molding, and coaching the best soccer teams in the East...
Right wing Mark Detora, who has AllAmerica potential according to Stevenson, ran Harvard's fullbacks into the ground in last year's confused, mud-coated 6-1 title-decider at Providence...
...inevitable question of whether Adlai III is of presidential timbre is asked openly only by the student volunteers in the headquarters -- some say that his attraction of 3000 students to his Youth for Adlai organization is indicative in itself. Although others say Stevenson is merely riding on his father's name, his election as "Best Legislator" by the Independent Voters of Illinois organization shows he has great promise on his own. He is still no hell-raiser on the platform and often appears to be deep in thought -- even in a casual conversation. But his rise to national prominence...