[N.B.C trade releases]. (1964)

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★ ★ [\R ★ ★ ★ ★ C/ ★ NBC NEWS ELECTION YEAR 64 NBC NEWS POLITICAL PERISCOPE Most people are looking ahead to the Republican and Democratic lational conventions this Summer. But NBC News’ Lincoln Furber has the listinction of being able to look back at the first Presidential nom.nating convention of the current race. It took place in St. Louis last August. It was the convocation of the Prohibition Party. "There were no smoke-filled rooms,” Furber reported recently )n "Emphasis," the NBC News weekday radio series, "because nobody smoked. The only liquid refreshment in any abundance, of course, was ice water. " And the parliamentary procedure bore little resemblance to she comparatively rigid rules that will govern the G.O.P. and Democratic sessions to be seen on the NBC-TV Network this Summer. Furber recalls: 'As the roll call of the states was called, the delegate from California responded, ’California yields.’ When asked to whom, he said, ’I don’t sare. ’ " There was only one demonstration at the Prohibition Party's Presidential nominating convention, Furber reported. It was for E.H. ton Sr., of Hillsdale, Mich., who was named the Presidential candidate for 1964. * * * Edwin Newman, the NBC News correspondent-wit, gives this analysis of what happened in the New Hampshire primary: "Rockefeller and GoldWhter webe ’’sabotaged’ ♦ " (mbre)