The congressional primary in Northern California's San Mateo County attracted national attention largely because Shirley Temple, who as a child was every moviegoer's lollipop, was in the race. But Mrs. Shirley Temple Black, 39, mother of three and as conservative as could be, was not a hit at the ballot box. She lost the Republican race to Attorney Paul N. McCloskey, a moderate, by 52,878 votes to 34,521.
A craggily handsome Stanford graduate and Korean War Marine hero, McCloskey tagged Shirley a superhawk and won a lot of points by her refusal...
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