Word: gores
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RICHARD T. GORE Wooster, Ohio...
Died. Lady Harlech, 45, wife of Lord Harlech, who as Sir David Ormsby Gore was British Ambassador to Washington (1961-65) and presently is deputy Conservative leader in the House of Lords; a tall, handsome woman whose poise and intimate friendship with the Kennedys made her one of Washington's top diplomatic hostesses; of injuries suffered when her car collided with a bus; near Harlech, Wales...
...guest," he has discovered, "is someone who is not trying to protect his image, somebody who lets his interests run a little bit, who can converse. Someone who can put words together easily, who can relate to what's going on"-someone like Lee Marvin, for example, or Gore Vidal, George Plimpton or Greer Garson (who once played a tiny harmonica held between her teeth). Some of the liveliest moments have been provided not by celebrities but by people with unusual interests. Carson had a hilarious workout recently with William Ottley, a sky diver who gave Johnny a lesson...
Long met his third defeat last week after a 52-to-46 vote upholding an amendment by Tennessee's Senator Albert Gore that would repeal the Long act. As they have ever since the beginning of the struggle, Senate Republicans voted virtually en masse against the act, which would give the traditionally money-short Democrats extra campaign funds. Even with his latest rebuff, Long was not about to quit. "If need be," he said, "we ought to stay here until Christmas or New Year's to do what is best for the country." Snapped Mansfield: "I cannot believe...
Long's bill is not merely superfluous; it is dangerous. Giving money to the national committee would immeasurably increase party power at the national level; the bill would, as Senator Gore has pointed out, create national political party slush funds that committees could use to help state and local candidates of their choice. Critics have been so loud and insistent on this point that Long has proposed, in a "perfecting amendment," that the money go directly to a presidential candidate, instead of to his party's national committee. To prevent the nominees from using the money to buy local candidates...