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Kennedy in Spotlight weekend-getaway straw hats were a go-toAll eyes are on John F. Kennedy, bathed in a spotlight, as he campaigns for the presidency in Commack, Long Island, on November 6, 1960, just two days before Election Day. The Times wrote on November 7, "Wherever he went, whether it was 3: 30 A. M. in Waterbury, Conn., or 3: 30 P. M. in heavily Republican Suffolk Country on Long Island, he drew large crowds. The Waterbury turnout in the main square at 3 A. M. was estimated by newsmen at 20,000 and by