Off for a campaign tour of western Minnesota, Adlai Stevenson left Minneapolis in a Beechcraft Twin-Bonanza, followed by his entourage distributed among an Aero Commander, a Beechcraft Bonanza and a Cessna 180. Two mornings later, a Stratoliner landed at Minneapolis with Estes Kefauver, his right hand black and blue from handshaking in New Hampshire, the Granite State. It was the first time during the young campaign that the two leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination have been in the same state at the same time. In their contest for the March 20 Minnesota primary, Stevenson flew high last week; Kefauver...
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