The touring Kefauver committee last week made its triumphant return to Washington, leaving behind it a rash of probes, citizen crime investigations, red faced politicians, some civic firings, and a limp, but still eager, audience. It was a fortnight that had rocked the nation. In Chicago, hardy viewers shifted from foot to foot in 15° weather as they watched the hearings through TV-store windows. In Minneapolis, bars and restaurants with TV sets were thronged even in the mornings. In New York, the Consolidated Edison Co. had to switch on an extra generator to...
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