THE CAMPAIGN: Pat, Pop & Bingo

In country club and corner bar there was a new—or warmed-over—election story to fit every audience. Among the printable:

¶ In Boston, a barfly ordered a Kennedy cocktail: America on the rocks.

¶ In New York, insiders report that Pat Nixon phoned the White House during a Washington rainstorm and asked: "Mamie, are you sure the windows are closed?"

¶ In New Orleans, resigned Republicans were saying: "We had eight years of piano playing, eight years of golf, and now we'll have four years of bingo."

¶ In Denver, they say that the Kennedys have picked a name for their new baby:...

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