Delegates and the American political convention circus
The piece surveys national political conventions in Los Angeles and Chicago, noting the strange ritual, power plays, and delegate dynamics. It frames conventions as a mix of drama and boredom, highlighting delegate motives, nomination theatrics, and notable past moments including Kefauver, Eisenhower, and Kennedy.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Louisiana
John Minor Wisdom
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
John E. Jackson
Taft
Eisenhowers
Republican Party
Bayou
Texas
Mississippi
Florida
Georgia
Joe Smith
Marcelino Romany
Kefauver
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Demos to Put Boyish Face In Spotlight
LOS ANGELES AP A young handsome senator Frank Church 35 youngest in the Senate will be Democratic National Convention opening session keynote and temporary chairman The Idaho lawyer and former American Legion orator says he learned to argue with his Republican father and converted himself to the Democrats He envisions a long Senate tenure after his rapid rise and his early life in Boise shaped by debate and public service.
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Los Angeles
Frank Church
Church
United States Senate
American Legion
Idaho
Boise
Frank
William E. Borah
Franklin D. Roosevelt
AEC Contract Renewed For Research on Dread
Two Kansas University chemistry professors Dr William E McEwen and Dr Jacob Kleinberg have renewed Atomic Energy Commission funding for the project Metal Effects in Reactions of Metal Cyclopenta dienyl Compounds. The fourteenth year grant totals 10150 from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for the period Sept 1 1960 to Aug 31 1961. Graduate assistants Abe Berger Don Bublitz Glen Buell James Manning and Michael Michnick are listed.
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Kansas University
Atomic Energy Commission
Wiliam E. McEwen
Jacob Kleinberg
American Chemical Society Petroleum ,Research Fund
Abe Berger
New York City
Don Bublitz
Riverside
Calif
Glen Buell
Lee’s Summit
James Manning
Houston
Tex
Michael Michnick
Laramie
Wye
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