Word: dirksens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Snoopy for President. They admire consistency, even when it comes in a conservative wrapping such as that of William F. Buckley Jr. or Everett McKinley Dirksen (a sort of "camp" hero to the young for his hypersincere LP, Gallant Men). They deride extremists of all stripes-from Alabama's Wallaces to Mao Tse-tung. Whom would they nominate for President? The latest survey shows Bobby Kennedy and Mark Hatfield trailing Snoopy...
...five weeks after it was released, the platter had sold 500,000 copies and grossed $2,125,000; it was every bit as hot as the Beatles' first album. His career was off to such a boffo start that the new recording star, Illinois' Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, 70, decided that a little TV exposure wouldn't hurt. He signed on to intone portions of his patriotic recital, Gallant Men, on ABC's Hollywood Palace, a taped show scheduled for Jan. 14. Unlike most vocalists, Ev is giving all the profits...
...Everett Dirksen...
...Mike Mansfield conceded that the time had come for Congress to do some "tightening up" of the programs that he helped enact. Slowdown sentiment is certain to make itself felt the first time Congress is asked to fund an expensive foreign-aid or domestic program. "I should judge," said Dirksen, "that the scalpel will be wielded rather freely...
...news that the President would not campaign came as a stitch in time to some candidates, such as Tennessee's Governor Frank Clement, who faced a close senatorial race with Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen's son-in-law, Republican Howard Baker. But most were disappointed. Whatever the degree of Johnson's popularity, a presidential visit usually helps swell the vote -and Democrats, who outnumber Republicans among the nation's 116 million eligible voters by a 2-to-1 margin, figured they would be hurt by a small turnout...