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...been so active in Carter's campaign for the black vote. A few minutes later another person wondered whether it was O.K. for Cyrus Vance, former Secretary of the Army, to go to a New Jersey fund raiser. A bulletin from the field reported that Senator Abraham Ribicoff might be ready to endorse Carter, and Jordan, welcoming it with some relief, ordered that if that happened a letter about it should be sent to all the Jewish delegates...
Most party leaders regard Carter as the probable nominee. Because of his setbacks, however, they sense that he cannot win the nomination without their help, and they want something in return. New York City Mayor Abraham Beame backed him last week. But Carter insists he is open to no deals that he "cannot tell the American people about...
...inquiry conducted by Frank Church's Senate Select Committee would lead to the creation of a truly effective congressional committee with oversight powers on the intelligence agencies. But for the efforts of a few Senators who dug in their heels-Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, Government Operations Committee Chairman Abraham Ribicoff and California's Alan Cranston among them -the answer might well have been an emphatic no. Yet last week, acting out of a palpable frustration caused by the long trail of illegalities starting with Watergate, the Senate finally redeemed itself. By 72 to 22, it voted to establish...
...airline offices," says Gina di Martini of Di Camerino. "It was saved by the bold Italians." The Fifth Avenue Association, which represents all the avenue's fashionable merchants, agrees. It declared a special Italian Week last month, complete with flags, window displays and a proclamation by Mayor Abraham Beame...
...bill, which was sponsored by Sen. Abraham Ribicoff, (D-Connecticut), chairman of the Government Operations Committee, passed through Congress last week and reached the White House yesterday...