Word: lucey
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...ROSE LUCEY Canoga Park, Calif...
...large for a minimum of 18½ votes to Hubert Humphrey's 12½ (TIME, Feb. 1). Under the new rules, the same outcome would result in a 15½-15½ vote standoff, effectively neutralizing the Wisconsin delegation to the national convention. Said State Chairman Patrick J. Lucey, a not-so-secret Kennedy supporter: "The change can only be interpreted as an attempt to benefit the candidate of those proposing the formula." Sponsor of the new rules: Committeeman Sam Rizzo, ex-United Auto Workers official and chairman of Humphrey's Wisconsin campaign...
Supporting this maneuver is Humphrey's strong majority in the state party organization (six out of ten district chairmen announced for him, as did 35 out of 71 county chairmen), but they stand less than an even chance to outwit State Chairman Pat Lucey, shrewd mainstay of Kennedy's organization...