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McGovern Continued from p. 1 program in that fooa surpluses were used to feed millions of hungry persons. McGovern said he enjoyed the program, but almost everyone knew that he still desired that senate seat. Sea Francis Case, R.-S.D., sought re-election in 1962. McGovern decided to oppose Case. The incumbent, however, succumbed to a heart attack and the Republicans had difficulty selecting a successor. After 10 hours and 20 ballots Atty. Gen. Joe Bottum emerged as the senatorial nominee of a badly-split Republican Party. The contest always was close, but McGovern held the edge throughout the campaign. In early October, McGovern said he felt faint after delivering a speech in Sioux Falls. His aides rushed him to a Sioux City, Iowa hospital and learned that McGovern had contacted hepatitis. McGovern was incapacitated until 10 days before the election. His wife Eleanor and the Kennedys came to his rescue. He squeaked by Bottum by 504 votes. McGovern's fame spead after he spoke against the Vietnam War in 1963. In a few months, Sen. Frank Church, D-idaho, Sen. Wayne Morse, DOre., and Sen. Ernest Gruening, D-Alaska, joined in McGovern's condemnation of Vietnam. The presidency entered McGovern's mind in 1968 when Rep. Allard Lowenstein, D-N.Y., and the self-proclaimed organizer of the "Dump Johnson" movement, asked the senator to oppose Johnson in the 1968 Democratic primaries. McGovern toyed with the notion, but decided to seek re-election to the senate because he considered the presidential bid "too risky." . After the assassination of his good friend, Robert F. Kennedy, McGovern tried to organize the RFK forces prior to the Democratic Party convention in Chicago. McGovern launched his 1968 presidential campaign 23 days before the convention and garnered 146 and one-half votes. Dismayed by the divided Chicago convention, McGovern sought to restructure the delegate selection process to include more young persons, minority individuals and women. He was chosen to head a Democratic Party committee to investigate selection procedures. The result was a new face for the 1972 Democratic convention. In 1948 McGovern was only a student. Twenty years later he was a U.S. senator. But the battle between McGovern and Nixon continued. He assailed the President's Vietnamization program. As chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, he flayed Nixon's policies concerning America's poor. McGovern also constested the Administration's defense budget. The stage was set. The battle for the presidency had begun. On Jan. 19, 1971, McGovern announced his candidacy for president in Sioux Falls, S.D. The polls showed he was favored by only three per cent of the Democratic voters. He was an underdog once again. The underdog tromped to New Hampshire and finished second to Sen. Edmund Muskie, D-Maine, with a surprising 20 per cent of the total vote. Wisconsin was next. Massachusetts voted for McGovern. Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, California, New Mexico, New Jersey and New York followed, and McGovern emerged as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. Collegians, we have rLOWLKS at Kramer Greenhouses Roses, Corsages, all your floral needs. . r- l I -1 : I : I ror Tree uenvery anywnerc in liiiwhi- phone 435-6830 10th and Van Dorn j Open on Sundays j-j BELL and FLARE JEANS 6.95 LINCOLN ARMY & WESTERN STORE ATTENTION: 4BIG RED' FANS COLORADO'S OWN Country Village Motor Inn 4700 Kipling St. 1-70 W. Exit 65 Wheat Ridge, Colo. 80033 (303) 423-4000 1 1 5 Luxurious Rooms Color T.V. Radio Saunas Exercise Room Village Inn Restaurant and Lounge '30 Minutes from Folsom Stadium' Make reservations early for Nov. 4th game A great running mate with sporty clothes is the CANDIDATE by Connie. Lots of promise showing in the rolled, handstitched toe and the wrap side tie. $17. Carnaby tan leather or Ensign blue leather. Jrr must- . US CD A JIG- SAW J ' it"" i y iti'i 'j Connie BEN SIMON'S DOWNTOWN & GATEWAY STARTS TODAY! WARHOL'S GREAT UNDERGROUND HIT COMES TO LINCOLNI "QUtPiflB- ousiy Ml oddly mouiEio." "uwmj tunny. Foi'jorful and moving." if Ren Reed. Holiday Magazine Look Magazine 44 unni, OPOUOOOtlUO, ifiooilng 0 houli o soon, fie Dost Jariiol production to date." Judith Crist. NBC -TV ill n mass 80P. l li ifQim lino hwa ir iiiiUb New Tort Times Raittsg ttQM Andy Warhol presents Joe Dallesandro in AIM 1 aw, tiifiillliilir 1 fn ,v '.'.V. v. - , . j. .. Jy liilil : V . 1 - 0017, mm 99 introducing Jane Forth and Holly Woodlawn directed by Paul Morriaaey FOR 7 BIG DAYS yfeVVSV RATED X CONTINUOUS 11:30 A.M. DAILY f j N0 ONE UNDER 18 FRI. & SAT. LATE SHOW 11:30 P.M. 'jfP7l LrMtfi. , ADMITTED! I.D.'S CHECKED 138 No. 11th friday, September 22, 1972 daily nebraskan page 3