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McCarthy must also realize that candidates who do manage to survive Wisconsin often die at the national conventions. This "Wisconsin whammy" has twice befallen Estes Kefauver, the choice of state Democrats in 1952 and '56, who lost the nomination both years to Adlai Stevenson.
The Johnson campaign was launched in August, when New York's Senator Robert F. Kennedy looked like a threat. Ruefully, a presidential aide recalled how L.B.J. had topped Bobby by a mere 4,000 write-in votes in the 1964 preferential primary, and he was determined to prevent a...
Murder, rape and bribery are all crimes that everyone understands; what is meant by conspiracy is less obvious. 'Lately, this age-old crime has become one that district attorneys find themselves prosecuting in a variety of important cases. Conspiracy charges have helped convict such diverse defendants as Billie Sol...
Died. Nancy Pigott Kefauver, 56, widow of Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. A vivacious Scottish-born artist and dress designer, she traveled with her husband all through his 24-year political career, pumping thousands of hands as tirelessly as he, prompting Estes to call...
"To win in New Hampshire," these people argued, "McCarthy would need Estes Kefauver's drive or Jack Kennedy's money. He has neither." Moreover, they said, a defeat in New Hampshire would likely sound the death knell for the rest of the campaign.