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...that Pat Nixon helped her husband last week: she has developed into a first-rate campaigner. When Nixon halts his political caravan to jump out and shake hands with street-standers, Pat is right behind (or, a couple of times, a little ahead). Sometimes, as along College Street in Springfield, Mo., she handshakes her way down the opposite side of the street from Dick; sometimes she chats with ladies' groups. She also sits in on the late-at-night sessions in which Nixon and his staff review the previous day's activities and plan for tomorrow. She says...
Under the Skin. Even as his temperature and his voice returned to normal without the prescribed rest, Nixon continued to show the weeks of hard work. At Springfield, Ill., he had to turn around to ask Pat what state they had left that morning. In Nashville at 10 a.m., he asked his audience to "consider with me tonight for just a few days" and said he would like to "talk just a bittle." Only once did he really get under the Democratic skin: in Wheeling, W. Va., remarking that Ike's health was no longer really an issue...
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson told a capacity crowd in Springfield Memorial Auditorium Saturday night that "the deeply ominous growth of bigness in American society" is threatening individual freedom, as he climaxed a day-long tour through key cities and towns in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts...
...SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 3-Vice President Richard M. Nixon told reporters this afternoon that Adlai Stevenson was "naive and irresponsible." He made the charges in reference to the Democratic candidate's proposals on ending the draft and banning all hydrogen bomb tests...
After the press conference, Nixon addressed an enthusiastic crowd of 8,000 in Springfield's Court Square. Nixon repeated the same basic charges he has made in 30 states during the last two weeks. The only new note was struck when Nixon noted, on this, the first day of the World Series, "Stevenson just is not in the same league as Eisenhower...