The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-09-29
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There have been NAV and diff
fered comments and opinions or
the so called Great Debate" be
tween the two presidential ASH
rants. Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. Nix
on. Actually. this was no debate
At all. nor was there arv GUAR
rel" over any issue involved. as
some reporters tried TO paint the
picture in their overdOne a.
counts.
The meeting of the :EO caTdi
dates was nothing moe THAI =
question and answer affair with
reporters posing the question:
and asking for the answers
Certainly Abe Lincoln al Mr.
Douglas would have been able tC
play a few games Of chess Will
their famous debate was taki7g
place. had il been conducted as
was this one
As a matter of fact. we found
nothing comparable TO a debate
nor any Misunderstanding revelation
of cure-all policy forwarded by
either candidate. To US il was
nothing more than a busting off
of 2O-year-old political theories
with a little shiny tinsel added
Actually. neither candidate real
ly stuck his neck out, so TO speak.
on any new issue, but continued
TO blame the other party for the
failure of the previous undertak-
ings, and cOmplimenting their
own party for any measure Of
success achieved since the time
of Lincoln.
Both parties agreed on numer-
Gus proposals and needs. but diff
fered on the means and ways Of
achieving the goal II was more a
contest of adeptness in side-step-
ping the issue.
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Locally. the political track is
getting warm. Both the Demo
Gratis and Republicans have cara
vans covering the state, but little
more than a lot of handshakingI
is being accomplished. Both have
visited Browning, staying only
long enough TO grab a cup of cof-
fee and pass out the usual amount
of literature.
We did get a shot of the Repub-
licanS. but missed the Democrats
after spending the better part of
an hour waiting for them TO show
up. They were something like
two hours late and We heard
the comment that they would be
a lot further behind at election
time.
We have no opinion on that
score. If we did we could prob
ably pay off the mortgage and go
TO Arizona this winter.
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Turning 10 the UN Assembly,
il looks as if the Communists have
made a mess Of their own show
in attempting TO steal the spot
light from ours.
Nick and Castro gave the ap-
pearance of a couple of newly
weds in their frequent embraces,
and probably rightly so, instead
of a couple of diplomatic lead
erS and in their fiery ora
tory lambasted everybody and
everything but the Communist
cause and each other. This ora
torical display was not spontan-
eous nor original The parallel
was too plain. There had been .
long and careful comparison of
notes previous to their speeches
and the targets plainly marked.
II turned out just as we pre-
dicted with both Nicky and the
Beard doing everything possible
to throw the meeting into con
fusion and embarrass the United
States in the eyes OF the new
memberships.
Well. it's over, for Krushchev
and Castro at least, and they
have departed after repackingI
their imported food and most OF
their gifts" of which no one
seemed interested to receive.
II will be recalled that in this
column a couple OF weeks ago we
stated that the Assembly would
be a legal gathering Of the Com
munist clans and a stage for
throwing insults and Communist
propaganda. II appears it was
Just that OF course, a lot OF
good will come from the meet
ing. particularly a closer relation
ship of the free world countries
and a more determined effort tc
hid Communism within its owlI
bounds.
The weather has been ideal E.
a real enjoyable fall. Some say
We are having our Indian sum
mer. but one old timer tells US
there will be no real Indian sum
mer until We have our first snow
storm. Well. no matter when we
get il, IL we can't have II on the
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