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By GBORGE BOWLES
If the Democratic state convention in Norfolk last month was a study in controlled chaos, the convention of the Old Dominion’s Republicans in Hampton on Jane 1-2 was an exquisitely choreographed political ballet.
Events got out of hand only once or twice during the tightly organised event, and then only momentary fly. The main business was dispatched with weflnrecision.
Sen. John W. Warner of Atoka was nominated by acclamation fir a second six-year term. Hie 20 atlarge members of the state’s 60-member delegation to the Republican National Convention were duly elected. A suitably conservative platform was shouted through, with only a few of the planks drawing noteworthy dissent. State Party Chairman Donald Huffinan of Roanoke was unopposed in his bid fir another term.
Yet there were blips, and some observers professed to detect dimly veiled nuances in the very nearly stately proceedings.
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