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...outgoing Governor Hodges has a number of shining political virtues: he worked hard for the ticket in politically touchy North Carolina; he is trusted by the South; and he is respected and liked by the U.S. business community. An old pro with young ideas, Hodges is the Methodist son of a dirt-poor tenant farmer. He worked his way through the state university at Chapel Hill, spent 17 years with the Marshall Field & Co. textile empire. where he became a vice president, before taking his first political step in 1952. Then, on a friend's advice...
Walter Edward Hoffman, 53, Federal District Court of Eastern Virginia. When he took his oath of judicial office six years ago, muscular, mild-mannered "Beef" Hoffman turned to his Methodist pastor and asked for a prayer. "This procedure may be a bit unusual," he remarked, "but it is never out of place." A Republican, Hoffman was born in New Jersey, but spent his long career as a trial lawyer in Virginia. His major legal monument is a series of important decisions in 1957 and 1958 that led to token integration of Norfolk's public schools. With unfailing sympathetic words...
...legitimate questions of Protestants (and some Catholics) who had heard Catholic Candidate Jack Kennedy pledge repeatedly that his church had no power to influence a Catholic's political decisions. As news of the first edict spread, Midwestern newspapers were peppered with questioning protests. In Denver widely respected Methodist Bishop Glenn R. Phillips announced that "on Nov. 8 I shall not mark my ballot for a Roman Catholic candidate for the presidency," added later that the Puerto Rican bishops' letter had doubly confirmed his stand...
...first few victories could have been flukes. On opening day, Missouri beat Southern Methodist, Nebraska beat Texas, and Kansas beat Texas Christian. But as the season went on, the upstart teams simply got better. Kansas scared the daylights out of then-undefeated Syracuse before losing, 14-7. Missouri trounced Penn State and the Air Force, soared to fifth in the national standings. Nebraska even beat Army. By last week the unlikely events had settled into a pattern that ranked at the top of 1960's football news: after years of fumbling, the Big Eight was playing big-league football...
...other key games, a surprisingly strong Navy beat Southern Methodist, 26-7; Penn State gave Army its first loss, 27-16; Missouri routed the Air Force, 34-8; North Carolina beat tottering Notre Dame, 12-7; and Syracuse, still below its potential despite its top ranking, barely got past ho-hum Holy Cross...