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...Georgia, Hawaii's Daniel Inouye, North Carolina's Sam Ervin and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina-Seem virtually assured of reelection. Democrat James Allen, a conservative Southerner, is a cinch to win the seat of Alabama's retiring Lister Hill. Five Republicans-Illinois' Everett Dirksen, New Hampshire's Norris Cotton, New York's Jacob Javits, Utah's Wallace Bennett and Vermont's George Aiken-are likewise rated as shoo...
...Carson's Tonight Show, Frye convulsed the audience by dubbing mixed-up voices onto the sound track of various film clips: one moment, Lyndon Johnson was on the screen speaking in the gravelly voice of Nelson Rockefeller; the next, Humphrey was speechifying in the rumbling tones of Everett Dirksen...
Last week Senate Republicans led by Minority Leader Everett Dirksen combined to shield Nixon from a TV debate by killing a bill, already passed by the House, that would have cleared the way for the encounter by temporarily suspending FCC equal-time regulations. Dirksen pointed out that Senate Democrats, including Hubert Humphrey, had opposed a similar bill four years ago to permit debates between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater -and had done so for the same tactical reasons. Dirksen might also have noted that when Humphrey was in the lead during contention for the Democratic nomination, he steadfastly refused...
...Senate, however, wily Minor ity Leader Everett Dirksen reversed the procedure by stationing a page outside the doors to send Republicans away. Lacking a quorum of 51 the Senate was stymied, and Majority Leader Mike Mansfield finally signaled defeat 1 TV debates...
...told him: "You are opposing the President, the Supreme Court, the minority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the Senate and the American Bar Association. Who do you think you are?" In reply, Griffin only smiled. In fact, at the end, Griffin even forced Minority Leader Everett Dirksen to abandon his original support of Fortas' nomination. Two weeks ago, when he recognized that Griffin had enlisted a solid majority of Senate Republicans against Fortas, Dirksen abruptly reversed himself...