For the Record

Least likely rumor of the week (in Washington Merry-Go-Round): that Sen. Thomas Kuchel (Lib. Rep., Cal.) may switch party allegiance if Sen. Goldwater is nominated in San Francisco.

… It was just two months ago that Look magazine’s Insider’s Newsletter said the 1964 GOP convention might be the longest “since it took the Republicans 36 ballots to nominate James Garfield in 1880” and picked Sen. Kuchel as a possible compromise candidate. . . .