Barry Goldwater, looking fit and in fighting trim, announced that he will run in 1968 for the U.S. Senate, even if it means contesting his old friend and former colleague, Democratic Incumbent Carl Hayden, now 87 and, with 38 years on the job, the Senate's senior member. Two days later, Barry had another announcement to make. He was, he said, accepting the honorary chairmanship of a brand-new national organization called the Free Society Association. Its aim: to launch a "crusade of political education" about Goldwater-type conservatism. Said Barry: "We feel there are millions of people who don't understand what...
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