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Note on the most intelligent, best informed generation in our history: A survey of 436 Arizona State University students disclosed that 1) a fourth could not identify North and South Vietnam on an unlabeled map; 2) a third could not name a single ally fighting with the United States; 3) fewer than 10 per cent could name a single North Vietnamese leader; 4) a fourth did not know the name of the capital of South Vietnam.

It looks like curtains for the national political ambitions of Texas boy wonder, Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes. In last week’s Democratic primary for the gubernatorial nomination, predicted-winner Barnes trailed in third behind millionaire rancher Dolph Briscoe and reform candidate Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson. Incumbent Preston Smith showed a poor fourth. Barnes explained away his defeat as part of the mood of Texas voters “to throw the rascals out,” and considering both his and Smith’s implication in the stock scandal that rocked the state last year, he is very probably correct.

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Note on the most intelligent, best informed generation in our history: A survey of 436 Arizona State University students disclosed that 1) a fourth could not identify North and South Vietnam on an unlabeled map; 2) a third could not name a single ally fighting with the United States; 3) fewer than 10 per cent could name a single North Vietnamese leader; 4) a fourth did not know the name of the capital of South Vietnam.

It looks like curtains for the national political ambitions of Texas boy wonder, Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes. In last week’s Democratic primary for the gubernatorial nomination, predicted-winner Barnes trailed in third behind millionaire rancher Dolph Briscoe and reform candidate Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson. Incumbent Preston Smith showed a poor fourth. Barnes explained away his defeat as part of the mood of Texas voters “to throw the rascals out,” and considering both his and Smith’s implication in the stock scandal that rocked the state last year, he is very probably correct.