July 25, 1960: Vice President Nixon greets well-wishers in Chicago.

Cartoonist Bruce Russell is sure the GOP has the election in the bag.

July 25, 1960: "The issues that shaped the Republican Convention were those forced on it by Nelson A. Rockefeller…. whether he meant to or not, Nelson Rockefeller was summoning the Republican Party to repudiate the administration and policies of Dwight D. Eisenhower before the Party faced the nation in November."

Times Political Editor Kyle Palmer says: “The transition from Eisenhower
to Nixon will entail changes greater than many have realized or
expected, but from all indications the break will represent no great
fundamental changes in philosophy. Nixon is a younger more politically
acute leader. He has seemed during his relatively short time in national
politics to have a sort of genius in political action.”

On the jump, a caption writer pokes humor at some Native Americans who were honored at the GOP convention. Plus more photos and an item by James Reston of the New York Times.

Los Angeles Times file photo