Election Night 1960 - CBS News - 2:45 to 4 a.m. (E)
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[0:15] lines that the Vice President cautiously
[0:17] optimistic. In this large room a local
[0:20] just disc jockey has been trying to keep
[0:22] people's spirits up so all evening.
[0:24] There was great cheers went up whenever
[0:26] a Nixon state was recorded on the board
[0:28] and there've been quite a few of those
[0:30] lately. There will be more when they
[0:31] hear about Ohio and Wisconsin. In the
[0:34] other room in the adjacent room where
[0:36] people have been discussing been
[0:38] watching television, spirits are much
[0:40] lower. And in the Nixon staff room the
[0:43] volunteer girls have quit, they've laid
[0:45] out on their pencils and gone home. Next
[0:48] time you come to us no doubt the Vice
[0:49] President will be here.
[0:51] This is Paul in the Sunset Room at the
[0:53] Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
[0:58] We'll be continuing our national
[1:00] election coverage, but now let's pause
[1:01] for the latest local returns from across
[1:03] the nation.
[1:06] And in the meantime we'll go down to
[1:08] Washington and report from
[1:10] collection headquarters and Ron Cochran.
[1:12] Come in, Ron.
[1:14] Well, Walter, this is the grand ballroom
[1:17] of the Mayflower Hotel here in
[1:19] Washington, the headquarters of the
[1:21] Democratic National Committee for
[1:23] tonight. And it's a ballroom almost
[1:27] after the ball is over because only a
[1:29] few people are left or comparatively few
[1:32] as compared to about 2 hours ago when
[1:35] they when this ballroom was jammed with
[1:37] people and the corridors of this hotel
[1:39] were too.
[1:41] And people were were coming and going to
[1:44] the point where those of us who were
[1:45] trying to work here had great difficulty
[1:48] indeed in getting around. But now as yo