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...Abel was traded for U-2 Pilot Gary Powers in 1962. In last week's exchange the U.S. released Ivan Egorov, a Soviet U.N. functionary, and his wife Alexandra, who were arrested last July in New York for espionage. In return, the Soviets let go 24-year-old Fulbright Scholar Marvin Makinen, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in 1961 on photo-taking espionage charges; and Jesuit Priest Walter Ciszek, 58, who had been arrested in Poland...
...Besides Mills, who weighs 170, the all Democratic delegation includes Senator J. W. Fulbright, 165, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; Senator John McClellan, 180, chairman of the investigation-prone Government Operations Committee; Representative Oren Harris, 165, chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; Representative Ezekiel C. Gathings, 168, noted mainly for his investigation of obscene literature; Representative James W. Trimble, 155, the delegation's No. 1 liberal...
...Fulbright, Ark. Neuberger...
...must vote for this treaty," said Goldwater, who had no intention of doing so, "demand at least this single, honorable, appropriate and meaningful price." Fuming, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield accused Goldwater of seeking "not to build the treaty but to bury it." Besides, added Arkansas Democrat J. William Fulbright, "the Russians would laugh at us." Barry lost...
...Louisiana Democrat Russell Long. Troubled by the treaty's prohibition of "any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion," the two wanted to add a specific assurance in the resolution of ratification that the use of nuclear weapons was not barred in case of armed conflict. Fulbright saw no need for it. "There's a lot of things we agree on that shouldn't be in this treaty," said he. "I suppose if we took a poll we'd all agree that Khrushchev is a stinker, but that doesn't mean we want...