Democrats: Straws in the Wind

"I'm not financing anyone, any time," insists New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy. "And I am not going to endorse anyone in the primary." In effect, if not in intent, some 1966 Democratic primaries look nonetheless like warm-ups for an eventual trial of strength between the Kennedy forces and the Johnson Administration. Among the most significant contests are those in Wisconsin and Tennessee, where two longtime political friends of the Kennedys' are gubernatorial candidates.

Tie Clasp & Pal. In Wisconsin, the so-called Kennedy candidate is Lieut. Governor Patrick J. Lucey, 48, who as state...

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