Calm campaign tone for 1964 election noted in trend
A comparative calm is shaping the 1964 campaign with muted issues and little drama. Johnson holds the Democratic front and no excitement surrounds the summer convention, while Rockefeller and Goldwater vie for Republican momentum. Nixon and Scranton hint at candidacy but offer limited suspense. Past crises in 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960 are recalled to show how voter mood shifted.
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The Torch Is Passed AP Kennedy Book Sells Millions
AP reports orders for The Torch Is Passed, memorial of President Kennedy, reached 3,091,000 with 100,000 weekly rate. By Dec 31, over a million sight unseen, then 2,768,000 copies delivered to date. Reports describe color portraits and a 35,000-word narrative, with international editions and global demand continuing.
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Tom Henshaw
Western Printing and Lithographing Co
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Wis
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Hand graft fingers move in Ecuador after transplant
GUAYAQUIL Ecuador AP A sailor with a right hand transplant from a dead worker regained circular hand motion on Tuesday hospital informants said Julio Luna 32 who lost a hand in a February grenade blast can move several fingers following the graft operation in February doctors reported
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Ecuador
Julio Luna
Relief Need Reported for Cyprus Divisions
In Nicosia the head of British Red Cross operations Sir Patrick Renison said 40 000 Turkish Cypriots and 6 000 Greek Cypriots require relief. He noted 16 000 Turks are refugees with the remainder being wage earners out of work welfare cases and dependents of men killed or wounded in the island's communal fighting.
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