Funny thing. Nebraska once again votedor thought it was votingits straight-furrowed conservatism even while re-electing Democratic Governor Frank Morrison over Republican Fred Seaton.
Seaton wore tailored suits, had spent a lot of time in the effete Eastmeaning, Washington, D.C.as Dwight Eisenhower's Interior Secretary. He came out for a more costly teacher-retirement program, increased funds for the University of Nebraska, a stepped-up highway construction plan. Morrison, a scuffed-shoes-and-red-galluses sort of fellow, made fun of the Kennedy Administration, declined to let New Frontier Democrats come into the state to campaign for him, insisted that Seaton's programs would require a 40% increase in the...