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City rules Marina Pacifica's permit expiredB yM A R YELLISC A R L T O N

Urban Affairs Editor

C o n s t r u c t i o nplans tha t wouldtriple the size ofth e Marina P ac i f i-ca developmenthit a n e w snagWe d n e s d a yw h e n t h e c i t y attor-ney'so f f i c eruled thatth edevelop-ers' specialzoningpermi thad ex-pired.

D e p u t yCi ty A t t y .A r t h u rY .H o n d a ,in a legal o p i n i o nsent toth e C i t y P l a n n i n g D e p a r t m e n t ,ruled that t imeh a d r u n o u t o naspecialv a r i a n c e f o rM a r i n a P a c i f i-c a Phase1-B. The variancew o u l dh a v eallowed constructiono f 1,050

a d d i t i o n a lc o n d o m i n i u m u n i t sth eR -lzone.

G e r a l d K i n s m a n , M a r i n aP a c i f i c amanager, sa id Wednesdayh i s company would contes tt h edecision.

"Our legal counselhas advisedu s t h a to u rmaster bui ld ing permi tis v a l i d , "h e sa id . " . . . Somep h a s e o f t h e p r o j e c t h a sbeen inc o n t i n u o u scons t ruc t ion s ince tha tp e r m i tw a si s s u e d ' i n1972.

" A l s o ,w e h a v e a s u b s t a n t i a la m o u n t a tl e a s t $ 5 m i l l i o n a l -r e a d yinves tedi n t h e 1 - Bphase ."H e said th e expendi turew a s f o r

grading , surveying , purchase of thepropertyan d taxes.

Th e Mun ic ipa l Code providestha tan ownerhas 10daysto appealth e revocation6 f a specia lpermi t .Such appealsar e handledin publichearings beforeth eCity Council .

T he city at torney 'slegalopin-io n w a sd e m a n d e d.twoweeksa g ob y C o u n c i l w o m a nReneeSimon,w h ocharged that fired City Plan-n i n gDirec tor Ernes t M ayer knewin Februaryth especia l permi th a de x p i r e d"butd idnothing about i t ."

C o u n c i l w o m a nSimon - to ldacitizens' committee studying land

uses inEast Long Beach she w as"appal led tha tt h e PlanningD e -p a r t m e n th a sa l lowedth eS E A D I Ps t u d yto continue without tell inga n y o n e t h e s ec i r cums t ance s . "( S E A D I Pstandsfo rSoutheastAreaD e v e l o p m e n ta n d I m p r o v e m e n tP l a n . )

A c t i n gC i t yPlanning Direc torCar lM o o e rsha dcounteredt h a thew a sa w a r eo f t h eproblema n d h a dal ready reques teda legal opinionf r o mth ecity attorney's office.

The mass ive water f ront luxuryd e v e l o p m e n t o nA l a m i t o sB ay inE as t Long Beachis divided into

t h r e e p h a s e s t w oresidentialdevelopments and ashopping cen-ter.

T h e Planning Commiss ionap -p r o v e ds epa ra t espec ia l permi tsfo reach of thethreephases ,but theB u i l d i r t gDepar tment i ssuedo ne"mas t e rbuildingpermit"to coverth eto ta l development .

H o n d anotesi n h i sl e g a lopin iont h a t o nJ u n e 1 , 1972,th e PlanningCommission issueda special per-m i t w h i c hgave sp ec i f ic approvaltoPhase1- Ao f t h ep r o je c t aresiden-t i a l complexo f 5 7 0 c o n d o m i n i u munits withboats l ip s a n dgave con-

c e p t u a lapproval t o t he o t h e rphasesof theMarina Pac i f ica maste rp l an .

Recordsindicate thatM a r i n aPacif ica w as granted a specia lper-mit forPhase1-B onOct.5, 1972.Ithas a condition, however, whicr eads :"This permi t . . . shallt e r m i n a t ein theevent constructiono fbuildings and anyo the rimprove-m e n t si s n o tcommenced wi th in1 8months a f te r i ssuanceo f this per-mi t . "

Sinceno constructionha s beens tar tedon th i s phase ,the specialp e r mi tis nolonger va l id ,th e cityruled.

I N D E P E N D ETHURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1976 > SECTION B-Page B-l

LNG facility OKby mayor waited

B y JACK 0. BALDWINMaritime Editor

S TA F F P H O T O G R A P H E R T O M S H AW TO O K THIS S H O T O F T H E PA R A D E R O U T E F R O M AN ELEPHANT'S B A C K

'Ladeeees and gentlemen, children of all ages. . .'

'Greatest Show on Earth 9 opensBy BRAD ALTMAN

S t a f fWriter

It is 8:15p.m.T h el i g h t s d i m ,th e b a n d f a n f a r es topsa n d m o r et h a n 12,500personsh o l d t h e i rbrea thsi n t h emul t i - t ie red LongB e a c hA r e n aa sR i n g m a s t e r H a r o l dR o n ke x c l a i m sin boldt o n e s :

"Ladiesa n d g e n tl e m e n , c h i l -dren o f a l lages ,producersIrvinFeld and Kenneth Feld proudlypresentt h e 108th editiono f R i n - 'g l i n gBros.and .B a r n u m &B a i l e yC i r c u s , t h egreates ts h o w o near th!"

T h ecrowd roars i t s approval ,g i v i n gan ovat ionas longas R o n k ' s30-secondsalutation.I n t h en e x tthree hours ,th e capaci ty c rowdthath a scomet o t h eo p e n i n g n i g h tof t h e b i g t o p i nLong Beachw i l ls e e 2 7acts o r events .M o s t w i llagreetheym a t c hth e super la t ivesl i s tedi n th e $ 2p r o g r a m h a w k e db yvendorsat theArena doors.

A l m o s t 3 0 0performers , inc lud-i n g 2 3m a l ea n d 4female c lowns ,a sw e l l a s 5 7horses,1 8e l e p h a n t s ,1 0Polar bears ,threecamelsand twol l amas provide whatth ep r o g r a mi m m o d e s t l yd e s c r i b e sa s a"memorablea n d m i g h t ye x t r a v a -g a n z a ,overf lowing wi th more daz-z le a n dd a r i n g t h a nh a sever beenwitnessed."

T h ef i r s ta c tf e a t u r e sth e Polarbears ,t ra inedby UrsulaB o e t t e h e r ,

a r e s i d e n t o fE a s t G e r m a n y,w h opaces backs tage beforeh e ract,t e l l i n gthose a r o u n dhe r tha t "1d o n ' ts p e a k g o o dE n g l i sh " s h ep o i n t sto a t w o - i n c hscar o n h e ra r m " P o l a rb e a r s s p e a k w i t ht h e i rc l a w s .I f I g i v e t h e mac h a n c e ,they 'deat me."

T h e a u d i e n c eis t rea tedto athree-ringedc i rcus fea tur ing ,tom e n t i o na few, swordswal lowers ,S a n d q rR a s k y,o n e o f t h esmallestm e n i n th eworlda t 4 0inchesa n dhis bride-to-be. Elisabeth Ritter.

a l s o 4 0 i n c h e s t a i l ;t h e K i n gChar les Troupe , sa idto be theworld ' sf i r s tblack circus act, (they

p l a ybasketba l lo n u n i c y c l e s ) , a n dt r a p e z e - a r t i s t r y f e a t u r i n gt h eFlyingGaonas f rom M exico .

Backstage,in contras t ,w a s 8 -year-oldPinky Bale , a wor ldwiseci rcuschild w h o m a l t e r - o f - f a c t l ysays "I wasborn in thecircus."

M i ssBale , c ladin a"The F o n z"T -s h i r t ,d o w n p l a y e dh ee x c i t e m e n to fth eA r e n a a u d i e n c e .

T h e r ew i l lb e n op e r f o r m a n c eof t h e b i g l o pt o n i g h tb u t e ighto t h e r s h o w sa re scheduled wi thp e r f o r m a n c e s a t 3 a n d 8p . m .Fr iday; showsa t I I a . m . ,3 p . m .a n d8 p.m. Sa turday,a n dp e r f o r m -ances at1:30and 6p . m .S u n d a y.

L o sAngeles Boardo f HarborCommiss ioners Wednesday senttoth e m a y o r ' so f f i c ea proposa lf o rconstructiono f a$ 1 5 5 - m i l l i o nl ique-f i e dn a t u r a lg a s f a c i l i t yo n a n a sy e t nonexis ten t TerminalI s l a n dl a n d f i l l .

Th e m a y o r ' sa p p r o v a lis thenext step fac ingth e proposa lo fW e s te r n L N G T e r m i n a lCo.,a sub-s i d i a r yo fPaci f ic Light ing Corp .,tob u i l dth e t a n k e rt e r m i n a l ,s toraget a n k s ,a n d r e g a s i f i c a t i o np l a n to nl a n dt o b ecrea tedo n t h ei s l a n d ' ss o u t h e r nside.

T h e t e r m i n a lw o u l db e bui l ts o u t h o fTe r m i n a lW a ybetweenF e r r yStreetand aplanned exten-s iono fE a r l eStreet.

T H EPROPOSAL ca l l sf o r th eharbord e p a r t m e n tto dredgea 4 5 -f o o tdeep c h a n n e l a n d at u r n i n gb a s i n , a n dbui lda slipto a c c o m m o -d a t e th e $ 1 7 9 - m i l l i o n ,1,000-footl o n g ,136- foo twide tankers tha tw i l lb r i n g t h el i q u e f i e dg a sf r o m A l a s -ka ' s south coas t . Es t im ated cos to fth edredgingis $12.6m i l l i o n ,h a l fo fw h i c h i s t o b e p a i d b yWe s t e r nL N G .

T he harbor depar tment wi l lber e q u i r e dto c o n s t r u c ta 3,850-footl o n g d i k e t oc o n t a i nth edredged-upm a t e r i a l .T h a t p h a s eo f t h eprojec tis e s t i m a t e dto cos t approximate ly$2.8mil l ion .

Official raps newsletter

H A R O L D R O N K

By TI M BURTSta ff Writer

L a k e w o o dC i t y C o u n c i l m a nD o n a l dR .Plunket t Wednesdaya t-t a c k e dan articlein thec i ty ' s news-letter which saysth e cityh as spent$41,986.35defending o thero f f i c i a l sagains thi s lawsuits.

T h e September issueof theL a k e w o o dNew sle t ter, to bem a i l e dt o d a y,conta insa f ront -page ar t ic lew h i c hPlunket t ca l led" a n i n f l a m -' m a t o r ypieceo fpropaganda whichs h o u l dnever have been pr in ted ."

P l u n k e t ti n d i c a t e d t h a th ew o u l dhave soughta t e m p o r a r yre -straining orderto delayp u b l i c a t i o nof th e newsle t te rh a d h eseen itearlier.

T he ar t ic le ,a condensed ver-

s i o no f am e m o r a n d u m w r i t t enb yC i t yAtty. John Todd, conta insab r i e fs u m m a r yo f P l u n k e U ' sl a w -s u i t s a n d arecap o f t h ec i ty ' sexpensesf o r t h esui t s .

Las t weekth eCi ty Counci la p -p r o v e d 4 - 1 t h ec o n t e n to f t h enewsle t te r. P lunket t , say ingh e h a dno t seen a copy, voted aga ins ta l l o w i n g t h e p u b l i c a t i o n .

I n Todd 'sm e m o r a n d u m , w h i c hth ec o u n c i ldi rec tedh i m t od r a f ta ti ts M a y 2 5meet ing ,th e to ta l e x -pensein mat te rs re la t ingto P l u n -k e t t w a sl i s teda s$43,410.85.

T h a ta m o u n tinc ludes$1 ,424 .50in connect ionw i t h Todd 's ac t iona g a i n s tPlunket t over an a l legedv i o l a t i o n o fs ta te l a w o npol i t ica lprac t ices( P r o p o s i t i o n9 ).

T he report states that $7,762.70

O.C. approves coast-development pactBy BOBGEIVET

S t a f fWriter

A compromise p lanf o rdevelop-in g 10,000ac r e so f rolling hillso nt h e o c e a n f r o n tbe tween Coronad e lM a ra n dLagunaBeachw a s a p -p r o v e dWe d n e s d a yb y t h eOrangeC o u n t yBoardo f Supervisors.

T he I rv ine C o. proper tyw asdescribedas thelargestan d mostc o s t l ycoas ta l lands remaininginC a l i f o r n i aunder s ingle ownership ,a n dth eplan f ina l ly agreed uponb yt h e - c o u n t yand the com pany i s thep r o d u c to f more thantw oyearso fnegotiations.

It will allowth edevelopmento fr e s i d e n t i a lfacili t iesf o r u p t o50,000persons,three resor tareas ,a c o m -m e r c i a ldis t r ic ta n d t w om a j o r

p a r k s theseto become statea n dc o u n t yprojects.

U n d e rth e compromise workedo u tWe d n e s d a y,th ecounty supervi -sors drewa pledgef r o mth eI rv ineC o .to keep two-thirdso f t h eacre-a g e a so p e nspace in r e t u r nf o rp e r m i s s i o nf o r50,000 population.

T h e hear ing openedon thec o u n t yP l a n n i n g C o m m i s s i o nproposa lto l i m i tI rv ined e v e l o p -m e n t to38,500personsa n dh a v e7 5p e r cento f t h eproper tyin openspace.

B o a r d C h a i r m a n R a l p hA . D i e -d r i c h p r o p o s e da n "al ternate"p l a n ,approvedb y t h ecommiss ion ,fo r 50,000p e r s o n s p r o v i d i n gth ec o m p a n ywould agreeto hold " inperpe tu i ty"7 ,000acresof i t scoast-a l proper ty.

This will includeth e1,500acresin M o r oC a n y o nproposeda s as ta tep a r ka n d a n800-acrecounty reg ion-a lp a r ki n L a sTr a n c a sCanyon.

I n addi t ion ,th e IrvineC o .willg i v e u p i t sc la imto 3 fe mileso fbeach alongi ts p r o p e r t y a l l o f i tbackedb y ab l u f ftha t nar rowsth euseable beachin mostplaces.

H o w e v e r ,atopth eb l u f fw i l lb ea pedes t r ian walkway, comple tew i t hres tareasat pic turesque v iewsites.

O r a n g eCounty Counse l Adr ianKuy per ruled that if the Irvine Co.w o u l dacceptth ec o m p r o m i s eo f f e rof 50,000 popula tionin return f o rp e r m a n e n topen space,it w o u l dn o tneed another P lanning Comm iss ionreview.H esaid thiswas apa r tofth e commiss ion sugges t iona n d

"did no t constitutea subs tant ivec h an g e . "

A c t u a l l y ,th e f i n a lcompromisef o l l o w e dcloselyth e I rv ine Co.'so w nplan , except tha tt h ec o m p a n yd i d n o tin tendto keep s o m u c hproper ty undeveloped.

Irvine PresidentR ay Watsoni n i t i a l l ybalkedat the countyre -qui rement , bu tf i n a l l yagreed sinceh e consideredit be t te r thanth ecounty ' s f i r s t "offer" to approve a38,500popula t ion p lan .

W a t so nsaid h e w a sconcernedt h a tth ep l a n n e dparks m ight not bedeveloped prom pt ly,or a tall . Sucha probability'couldh a v ea seriousi n f l u e n c eon the company 's grandi -o se improvement proposa ls ,h esaid.

w a sspentb y t h ec i ty[ o rd e f e n d i n gTo d d a n d t h ecounci l aga ins tac i v i l - r i g h t ssu i tf i l e db yP l u n k e t t .

T h erepor t added tha t$3,915 .90h a d been spento n asui tb y P l u n -k e d o v e r t h e v a l i d i t yo f t h eL a k e w o o dRedevelopment P lan .

T h e largesta m o u n t $ 3 0 , -307 .75 isl i s ted under "Plunket tv s .Cityo fLakewood (nuisance law-s u i t s ) . "T h i s a m o u n t r e su l t e df r o ms u i t sb yP l u n k e t t a g a i n s tL a k e w o o ds i n c e1970, acco rdingt o t h em e m o .P l u n k e t tte rmed Todd 's a r t ic le"one-s ided , wr i t tenb y a b i t t e ra d v e r s a r yo fm i n e .

" C a l l in g t h e m n u i s a n c e l a w -s u i t s i s a n a t t e m p tto discredi tme,"h e sa id .

"Thisarticle does notm e n t i o nt h a t Ihave spent about$60,000o fm yo w n this is w h a ti t h a scostf o ro n etaxpayer since 1969."

Plunket t sa id he thought theo r i g i n a lidea f o r t h eTo d d m e m o ,f i r s tsuggestedb yC o u n c i l m a n G . C .D e B a u n ,was a good one because" it w o u l ds ta teh o wm u c hm o n e yJ o h nTodd w a s m a k i n gf r o m th ecity.

"T he nth e copy came through,a n d i t w a s as landerous p ieceo fm a t e r i a l .T h ear t ic leis fu l lo f h a l f -t r u t h s , a n d i t i s m e a n t t o g e tm e , "h es a i d .

P lunket t recent lyf i l edanothers u i taga ins t fe l lowC o u n c i l m e nD e -B a u n ,D a n Brans t inea n d LarryV a nN o s t r a movera nallegedv i o l a -t i o no f t h eR a l p hM .B r o w nA c t o np u b l i cmeet ingso fpubl ic bodies .

H e said he has notdecidedw h e t h e rto take addi t ional lega la c -t ionoverthe newsle t terar t ic le .

Todd dec l ined comment .

D u r i n gWe d n e s d a y ' s b o a r dm e e t i n g ,C a p t .M . L . M c G e e ,w h oi d e n t i f i e dhimsel f as a San P edrm a r i n esurveyor, sa idt h e L N Gterminal shouldn o t b e b u i l t i n I xA n g e l e sH a r b o r.

M c G e esa id exper iments wi thL N Gh a v e b e e nl i m i t e d ,a n d t h a trecent s tudies have ignored wm i g h th a p p e ni n t h ee v e n to f ash ipc o l l i s i o n .

R o b e r tF. H a r w o o d , m a n a g eo f a d m i n i s t r a t i o nf o rWe s t e r n L N G ,t o l dth ec o m m i s s i o nrisks associat-e d w i t h t h eh a n d l i n go f L N G a r ee x t r e m e l ylow. H e sa id tha ttoa v o i d a n"economic ca tas t ropheb y th e 1980sth eproject should proceed witha l lpossible speed.

U n d e rth eproposa l sentt o t h em a y o r,th en a t u r a lga swillbe com-pressed a n d r e f r i g e r a t e duntil itbe comesl iqu ida t atempera tureo fm i n u s - 2 6 0degreesF. ( A tt h a t t e m -p e r a t u r eth el i q u i docccupiesabout1/600a s m u c hspace a s n a t u r a lg a s . )

I F T H E m a y o r ,a c t i n gu p o nas t a f fa n a l y s i so f t h epermi t appl ica-t i o n a n d t h eproposeda g r e e m e n tgivesh isa p p r o v a lth eproposa lw i l lbe sentb a c kto the gasc o m p a n yf o re x e c u t i o ni n f i n a lf o r m .

B e f o r econstructionc a n s tar t ,t h e c o m p a n ya n d harbor depar t -m e n tmust provide envi ronmenimpact repor tsto q u a l i f yf o r f e d e r -a l ,s la te ,countya nd city permits.

T h ecurrent p lan ca l l sf o r t h el a n k e r sto p u m p t h e i r l o a d s i n ttw o insu la ted130- foo thigh ,55,000-barre l s torage tanks .A r c v a p o r i z at i o n f a c i l i t yto c o n v e r tth e l i q u i dback in toit s na tura l gaseouss ta tei s e s t i m a t e d t o h a v e a nin i t ia lc a -paci tyo f 2 0 0mil l ion cubicf e e l ad a y.T h er e v a l o r i z a t i o nra le i s e x -pectedto d o u b l e w h e nth e plantreachesit s fu l l c a p a c i t yin a b o u to n eyear.

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candidates for3 city panels

Long Beacho f f i c i a l sa re look-i n g f o rc a n d i d a t e sf o r t h er e a c t i v a t -e d A i r p o r ta n d M a r i n a c om m i ss i o n s a n d f o r areplacementf o rHarbor Board Commiss ioner HC l o c k , w h ores igned Wednesdayb e -c a u s eof i l lh e a l t h .

C l o c k ,66, suffered a s t roka b o u t 18 months ago .T h e LongB e a c hc i v i cleaderh a dservedo nth e board since 1969. Ac ting M a n a g erR o b e r tC r e i g h t o nreceiv-ed Clock ' sl e t t e r o f resignationWe d n e s d a y .

Creightonh a s a s k e d l o c a lo r g a n i z a t i o n sto s u b m i t n a m e so fpossible candidates.

T h eA i r p o r tC o m m i s s io n , c o mposedo fn i n emembers , wi l l advith eCityC o u n c i labout city policie

regard ing developmentan d opera-t i o n o f t h eLong BeachM u n i c ip aAirpor t .It also w i l l review th ec i ty ' s mas ter p lanf o r t h ea i rpor ta n d mak e recommendat ions abf e e s ,ren ta l schedules and s taa rds o fserviceat thea i rpo r t

T h eM a r i n a A d v i so r y C o m ms i o n w i l l adviseth e counci lo na d o p t i o n o fbroad policiesf o r t h eAlami tosB a yMarinaa rea .

People TalkF. C. A nderson

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IT 'S APPARENT tha t every th ingis up todateinKansas Ci tyexceptthe airconditioning.If yout ackedanother1 5minuteso n Sen. Howard Bak er ' s keynotespeechat the Republ ican Nat ional Convent ion ,hew o u l dhave mel ted away.

O n th e basiso f t h es w e a th e expendedo n t h eros t rum, you 'd jus t haveto saytha t Sen . Bakeris ah o tpresidential possibili tyf o r1980. However,I don ' tt h i n ki t w a spol i t ica l ambi t ion tha t madeh im per-spire sop r o f u s e l y.More l ike lyi t was thevest hewore.

Y o uhaveto handi t t o a m a nbrave enoughtow e a ra ves tin Kansas Ci tyin 'A u g u s t .I t getss o h o ta n dh u m i din tha t c i ty dur ingth e s u m m e r t h a ta neg gis cookedb e f o r e i th i t sth es idewalk .

I thoug ht Sen. Baker out-sw eateda n dout-spokeh is keynote counterpar tat theDemocra t ic Nat ionalC o n v e n t i o n .T he perspi ra t ion producedb y De m o cra tJ o h n. G l e n nw a s o n t h ebrowo f h i stelevisionaudi-ence,th em e m b e r so fwhichh a d t ofidget theirw a yt h r o u g hone of thelongestshorttalkson record.

I havea fewteethto gnashbut nopolitical axesto gr ind .I 'm soa - p o l i t i c a laboutth ecampaign tha tIw o u l d n ' teven headup al aundry t icke t . However,Im i g h ttaketh esecond spoto n asweepstakes ticket,ifth eodds were r ight .

I H A D M Yf i l lo f politicsin 1952, wh enI w a sp u b l i c i t ydirec torf o r t h eIndiana Sta te D emocra t icC e n t r a lC o m m i t t e e .It w as l ike beinga s tewardaboardth e Titanic.We r a ninto an icebergn a m e d

D w i g h tDavid Eisenhoweran dlost big.The HoosierDemocra ts could hard lybe called

th e las t of the bigt ime spenders .A s I recall ,th ep u b l i c i t ybudget permi t tedth e purchaseo f about1 5spotannouncements onradio,one or twobillboardsa n da used mimeograph machine .

T he results wereabou tas youwould imagine .W eran aquie t campaign ,so quie tfe wpeopleouts ideou rClaypool Hotel headq uarters even heardof it . Wedidn ' tru nscaredthe wordw a sterrified.T he s ta techai rman would have thrownin thesponge four

months before electionbut thebudgetwas tooleantobu ya sponge.W e jus t pointed with pride and viewedwith

a l a r m ,an dhopedthatth ecelebratedh o l ein theshoeo f A d l a iStevenson,o u rpres ident ia l candida te , woulda t t r ac tsome sympathyto ourcause .

N o t h i n gworked, inc ludingth e s ta te commit tee .T h e b i gproblemw a sf i n d i n gcandidatesto f i l lo u t t h es ta te s la te .Prospective nominees pointedlyd i d n ' tre turnphonecalls.

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O n ek e ys ta te o f f i c enominat ion went unf i l leu n t i ltw odays beforeth es ta teconvent ion .W ecould-n' t g et anybodyto run for it .Final ly,th e statec h a i r m a ns u m m o n e da downsta te hacki n t h eh i g h -w a ydepar tment , twis tedhis arm andm a d eh i m acandidate, l ikei t ornot.

"But I don ' t even know what theydo intha to f f i c e , "th e coercednominee toldth e chai rman." Yo u ' l lhaveto help me."

TH E NOMINEE'Slack of qualificationsw asacademicas thecampaign progressedand thesizeofth eimpe nding Republican v ictory ballooned.It m a d en odi fferenceto me, for Iabandoned sh ip , thoughno tm y a d m i r a t io nfo r Adlai Stevenson.I got outwhi leIstillhad a fewidealsleft . Ideals,it s eeme d ,wereasscarcea s c a m p a i g n m o n e yin Indianain 1952.

It wasn ' tth e losingthat hurt.I t was the nott r y i n g ,the notca r i ng .I t waslos ing smal lin a bigw a y . M ypar t i sanship sanka t t h ed o c k ,a n d Ineverraisedth ehulk .