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...formal control. Thus, aging Massachusetts Democrat John McCormack, 76 is likely to be elected to a fifth term as Speaker, and Michigan Republican Gerald Ford, 55, will probably be thwarted once again in his ambition to swap the job of minority leader for the Speaker's gavel. Whoever is President, moreover, will be in for serious trouble. A Democratic Congress, even a conservatively oriented one, would probably be hostile to Nixon; a conservative Congress, even one controlled by Democrats, would probably thwart Hubert Humphrey regularly...
...lawyers loudly protested testimony that might prejudice grand-jury proceedings against their clients in Chicago and repeatedly demanded the right to challenge or cross-examine witnesses. Ichord turned them down every time on grounds that "this is a legislative proceeding. This is not a court of law." Between gavel whacks, Ichord warned: "If you're going to burst out with any more emotional outbursts, please leave the room." Hoffman asked to be excused because he felt on the brink of an emotional outburst, then shouted an obscenity as the door closed behind...
...historically No. 3 in news budget and ratings, tried the most novel approach. Forsaking gavel-to-gavel coverage, it opted for a nightly 90-minute wrap-up of the day's proceedings. While the opposition networks were carrying the early hours of the convention, ABC viewers saw Rat Patrol, Garrison's Gorillas, or an old Jerry Lewis movie. Simultaneously, of course, ABC cameramen were taping the minute-by-minute events on the floor and around town. This footage was quickly edited into an "instant special," which went on at 9:30 p.m. local time. The opening night...
...Republican National Convention, decided Russell Baker of the New York Times, had been "planned weeks in advance by six bores and a sadist." How else would you explain, asked Baker, such yawn-inducing acts as the "presentation of the orangewood gavel to the chairman of the Republican National Committee by O. D. Huff Jr., chairman of the Florida Citrus Commission," or Tony Martin singing a "few hit tunes of the Alf Landon...
Final sessions of the Republican National Convention from Miami Beach, Fla. CBS continues its gavel-to-gavel coverage today and tomorrow, from 7:30 p.m.* to conclusion. NBC will interrupt regularly scheduled programming with live coverage as the news breaks. ABC will have a 90-minute summary of each day's events from...