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...grim power struggle in Milwaukee last week, the State Democratic Administrative Committee changed the scoring system for Wisconsin's crucial Democratic primary election next April, and thereby cut the chances of clean-cut victory either for Jack Kennedy or Hubert Humphrey. After two hours of furious debate in a Kaiser-Knickerbocker Hotel suite, the committee's 26 members voted 14-12 to change the rules. Under the new system, each of Wisconsin's ten congressional districts will receive 2½ votes at the national convention, with five delegate-at-large votes going to the statewide winner. Under...
Teetotaling, nonsmoking Otto Graham was just the clean-cut man that small-time Coast Guard (enrollment: 625) was looking for. When he got the academy's offer, Graham's first question was: "Where is it?" (Answer: New London, Conn.) But the more questions Graham asked, the more he liked the idea of coaching in a school that selects its students by competitive exams, and where parties and panty raids are no problem. Graham shipped aboard with the rank of commander in the Coast Guard Reserve, last month set about teaching the pro's wide-open passing game...
...lightning struck. Determined to exchange Sam King's standpat Republicanism for some of his own kind, President Eisenhower sent for Quinn, offered him the governorship. The young lawyer confessed his inexperience. Said Ike: "You are a fine, clean-cut young man. Now you do your best, and that will be the best thing for America...
Richard Dozier is most appealing as the reporter-playwright Bert. In an unostentatious role, Dozier stands out for his smooth, clean-cut, and earnest performance; and he does not overdo his drunk scene as would most young student actors...
...fight experts only grinned and shrugged off Challenger Johansson, 26, as a good, clean-cut Swedish kid, an import of blue-eyed, dimpled innocence who would be diced into smorgasbord by the flashing attack of Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson. Nobody was impressed by the fact that Johansson was undefeated in his 21 fights, last year had demolished No. 1 Contender Eddie Machen with the very same right. European heavyweights, however upright their intentions, traditionally have been horizontally inclined against American champions. And Patterson, 24, camping in a grubby New Jersey shack, grimly punishing himself in training with everything...