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■ His Excellency Robert M. Hatch, Episcopal Bishop of of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts, on learning that his daughter Louise is a nude dancer in the San Francisco road company of Oh! Calcutta!, quoth, “I think it’s a great idea to do your thing. I’m eager for her to fulfill her life in whatever way she likes.” Jesus was more easily shocked than His servants on earth, no doubt a generation gap.

■ Only two surprises in the June 2 primaries, and one of them, George Wallace’s victory, more a minisurprise. But the victory of conservative Republican Anderson Carter over New Mexico’s Governor David F. Cargo for the senatorial nomination came as a shock to the pundits. Most other races went according to script, with big names such as Ronald Reagan and John Stennis running unopposed, and others such as Mike Mansfield facing only token opposition. Jess Unruh, in a low-keyed campaign, trimmed Sam Yorty for California’s Democratic gubernatorial nod and won the privilege of opposing Reagan in November. Also in California, John V. Tunney, a Kennedyite, edged out George E. Brown Jr., a left-McCarthyite, for the Democratic senatorial nomination. The only real hawk-dove confrontation came in the congressional race in New Jersey’s Fifteenth District, where Representative Edward J. Patten swamped antiwar candidate Lewis Kaden by 2 to 1. Kaden’s campaign was conducted largely by doorbell-ringing students from Northeastern universities.

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