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...most widely circulated in the state, showed Nixon not only running well behind Massachusetts' John Kennedy and Illinois' Adlai Stevenson, but also failing to do better against the two top Democrats than his one dangerous challenger, New York Republican Nelson Rockefeller. But last week, in a dramatic turnabout which has also been reflected nationally since Nixon's trip to Russia, the Field poll showed that for Richard Nixon, California is once again home, sweet home. Rockefeller also gained in popularity, reflecting a general resurgence of Republican strength among the voters of California. The comparative Nixon-Rockefeller results...
Besides being commodore of the Harvard Yacht Club, Parker is president of the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association and a past holder of the National Junior Turnabout title for two consecutive years...
...Threw, jointly with the 20-member senate, a turnabout dinner in the Gold Room of Juneau's Baranof Hotel for the swarm of lobbyists who had been wining and dining the lawmakers...
...like Adam's apple, Wesley's fig has an unforeseen side effect: it is an aphrodisiac. The late naughty-witted Thorne (Turnabout) Smith might have fashioned some of the priapic victories that follow. Countesses, nurses and simple country girls are figtimized. When the secret gets out, it is an affair of church and state. Charges of scandal and nepotism rock the Vatican. After a sly display of irreverence, Author Menen turns soberside to point an improbably tedious moral: "Scientists are, by and large, up to no good . . . We stand in danger of having our lives twisted, our souls...
...veteran sailor, Parker first gained national recognition by winning the midget Turnabout Tournament in 1952 and taking the junior title the following year. He further distinguished himself three years ago by being chosen one of five young sailors to represent the United States in a yachting exchange with Sweden...