Political Notes: Who's for Whom

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> The nonpartisan National Committee for the Effective Congress last week urged Massachusetts voters to elect Republican Edward Brooke rather than Democrat Endicott Peabody, to the U.S. Senate.

> In New York, the Times and Daily News came out for Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller's reelection. Dr. James Murphy, Mrs. Rockefeller's former husband, joined a group of fellow medical men backing Democratic Challenger Frank O'Connor.

> In Maryland's gubernatorial contest, old Democratic Trusty Dean Acheson announced for Republican Spiro Agnew in preference to his party's nominee, George Mahoney, who is openly courting the anti-integration vote.

> The Arkansas Gazette broke nearly 150 years of Democratic tradition to favor Republican Winthrop Rockefeller for Governor over segregationist Democrat Jim Johnson.

> In Chicago, the Daily News endorsed Republican Charles Percy's bid to unseat Democratic Senator Paul Douglas, who is running for his fourth term. Douglas got the support of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.