Republicans: Return of the Native

Some 2,500 friends and partisans called out their welcome as Dick and Pat Nixon, suntanned to a turn after a five-day vacation in Tucson, emerged from the plane at Los Angeles' International Airport. Mrs. Hannah Nixon was there to greet her son; so were former Governor Goodwin J. Knight and a swarm of partisans and well-wishers. A few good Republicans carried NIXON IN 64 signs. G.O.P. State Chairman John Krehbiel had a wire from an old friend in nearby Palm Springs: LOVE AND AFFECTION. HOPE TO SEE YOU SHORTLY. DWIGHT EISENHOWER. "

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