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...congressional districts in 72 days to stump for candidates for Governor and Congress. The same tactic was used successfully in the 1966 election by Richard Nixon, who rose from the bone yard by crisscrossing the country to speak for candidates and build up political credits. Connally's wheeler-dealer image and milk-fund taint, which did much to frustrate his vice-presidential hopes, may well block his presidential ambitions in 1980. But Big John is so tough, resilient and resourceful that no one can count him out for good...
Damn Right. The city hopes to gross about $8 million on the convention, a good return on an investment of only $500,000. Frugal Democratic Mayor Charles Wheeler plans to recover even some of that money. When the convention is over, the 4-ft.-long sounding block on which the gavel is pounded will be cut up into 2½-in. chips and placed on commemorative plaques. Price: $100 each. Does Wheeler, a good Democrat, plan to buy one? Says he: "Damn right. Every family needs...
...steamboat, the 50-year-old Delta Queen, plies the 1,500 miles of river from Cincinnati to New Orleans under a special congressional exemption from the federal safety-at-sea law. Now she has company on her route: the spanking-new, 379-ft. Mississippi Queen, an all-steel stern-wheeler that this week completes her 18-day maiden round-trip voyage. TIME Correspondent Anne Constable was aboard on the first leg of the journey. Her report...
...Cornelia Wheeler--123 Coolidge Hill, former chairwoman of the Health and Hospitals Committee, former city councillor...
...Northeastern Republican state chairmen are considering a plea to Ford that he bypass Connally as a running mate. Insisted one of Connally's most prominent rivals for the vice-presidential nomination: "Connally would be a disaster. He's got the milk fund, he's got the wheeler-dealer image, he's got the party switch, you close your eyes and you hear Lyndon Johnson...