Nebraskans went for Nixon, but they are mighty proud of Kennedy's young man: Theodore C. Sorensen, 33, the sharp Nebraska lawyer who is the President's close adviser. Last week, at a dinner in McCook honoring the late Republican Senator George W. Norris, Sorensen returned the compliment with a stinging lecture. Subject: Nebraska as an "educationally depressed area."
"Here in Norris' own state," said Sorensen, "where the pioneers once vowed that every child should go to the common school, where the proportion of high school graduates has long ranked high and illiteracy low among all the states of the Union—education is no longer...
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