Political Notes: Who's for Whom

In New York, Governor Nelson Rockefeller won the support of Long Island's Newsday, largest suburban daily in the state (see THE PRESS), and the Amsterdam News, Harlem's most influential weekly.

>In Montana, the Miles City Star (circ. 4,000), noting that the New York Times (circ. 874,393) had endorsed Montana Democrat Lee Metcalf, whose U.S. Senate seat is being contested by Governor Tim Babcock, returned the compliment by urging New Yorkers to re-elect Nelson Rockefeller.

>Closer to home, the Times came out for Republican Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey, running for a third term, and Connecticut Republican E. Clayton Gengras,...

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