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Neither the newsmen nor the remaining visitors were very alert that bright July day as the morning fog over San Francisco was lifting. The 1964 Republican Convention had ended late the night before. Moving without the usual campaign entourage, we made it from the Mark Hopkins Hotel down to the St. Francis, through the lobby and up to the presidential suite with only a few stops. At the moment, this mission was far more important than shaking hands with sleepy well-wishers and signing stray autograph cards.

Senator Barry Goldwater, the newly chosen Republican presidential nominee, was hurrying to pay his respects to former two-term Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Neither the newsmen nor the remaining visitors were very alert that bright July day as the morning fog over San Francisco was lifting. The 1964 Republican Convention had ended late the night before. Moving without the usual campaign entourage, we made it from the Mark Hopkins Hotel down to the St. Francis, through the lobby and up to the presidential suite with only a few stops. At the moment, this mission was far more important than shaking hands with sleepy well-wishers and signing stray autograph cards.

Senator Barry Goldwater, the newly chosen Republican presidential nominee, was hurrying to pay his respects to former two-term Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower.