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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...handsome Republican Assemblyman William Steiger. In North Dakota, Democratic Newcomer Rolland Redlin was wiped out. Even one Democratic freshman who had been considered a virtual shoo-in for reelection was shooed out: Nebraska's hard-working Clair Callan, after a nightlong seesaw count, finally lost to Fairbury Attorney Robert V. Denney...
...Indiana?largely because of skillful gerrymandering by the Democratic legislature. However, the G.O.P. unexpectedly unseated a veteran Hoosier House fixture, eight-termer Winfield K. Denton, who lost to Management Consultant Roger H. Zion, 45. Reflecting farmer unrest, the G.O.P. captured, by one estimate, 57% of the rural vote v. 49.7% in the Goldwater debacle. Of 19 Democrats newly elected in 1964 throughout the region, 16 were retired. In all, Republicans picked up a net gain of 22 House seats in the Midwest?almost half their national gain...
...chest to aim carefully. But the rapid rate of fire more than compensates: in Korea with the slow-firing Garand, less than one-quarter of the troops fired their weapons in battle; in Viet Nam with the M16, everyone fires copiously. Many riflemen lug 600 rounds into battle (v. 72 rounds per man in Korea...
Rank in class for Selective Service has reflected the unfairness of Harvard's Group Lists," Monro saidd. "Some students in Group V had better grade averages than those in Group III. "The enormous Group III includes students from the top and bottom quarters of each class," he said...
...circumstances could the further public commitment of Mr. McNamara to what we regard as an untenable policy aid the bringing of peace to Vietnam. It may thus well be that the failure of the debate to come off has saved the left from a victory of Pyrrhic dimensions. SANFORD V. LEVINSON...