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Show 10 Purex didn't make News for everyone. Just for people who like dean clothes. That's why it's loaded with special cleaning agents and brighteners. Purex also made News for value huntsrs. Compare its low price,., ounce for ounce. It's like getting several loads free. News from Purex. For Deoole who want clean clothes without being taken to the cleaners. r, , , Senators Tell: The Funniest Thing That Happened to Me in Pontics Compiled by CARL H. KALVELAGE THE ea near to a class of as this country cares to nobility have. Its members are acutely aware of the hopes and fears of nearly 200 million citizens, and the burden is immense. Such a crushing weight tends to stamp the Senators themselves with a mien that is at once grave and dignified. But strip away all. the formality and you find a vein, of humor. We asked several famous Senators to relate their fun niest experience and here's what they told us: ) '' 5 lb. 4 o. ijaatmJ united States Senate is 0 Eowako M. Kennedy (D, Mm.) During my campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 1962, I was shaking hands with voters In a large plant near Boston. I was approached by a worker who looked quizzically at me and said, "I've heard that you never worked a day in your life. Is that true?" v I stammered for an answer and he, sensing my discomfort, came to the rescue with, "Well, Ed, you haven't missed a thing!" for governor only as a stepping-ston- e to a higher national office. As we entered the critical weeks, I was concerned that this kind . paign manager. "Dont worry," he assured me, "I'm appearing on a statewide tv interview tonight, and 111 end the talk forever." Sure enough, that night the question came up on the telecast. "Mr. Houser," said the interviewer, "isn't it a fact that Mr. Percy is really more interested in the White House than in the Governor's Mansion?" Tom leaped into the breech. He'd been waiting for this one all night, and he said, "Charles Percy is interested in one office and one office only Governor of the United States!" John Towek (R craggy-face- Texan fit, IU.) During my 1964 gubernatorial had campaign in Illinois,'-ther-e been some talk that I was running . Family Weekly, December . .. at this gathering I ran into d, (that's a an normal-size- d cowboy He took one look at me and drawled, "Son, you sound like a mighty good candi- about M Tex.) I remember one of my. early Texas. campaign trips to far-we- st conI'm As you probably. know, six-fe- et and under tall, siderably elderly, Chakles H. Peict of talk might be seriously hurting my chances, and I expressed my concern to Tom Houser, my cam- x). date. And we might just get you elected if we can keep anyone from seeing you." 10, 1967 |