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...farther than the chamber of the U.S. Senate as the new bill was passed last week to see how variegated the U.S. is. In the presiding officer's chair sat Hubert Humphrey, son of a Norwegian mother. Much in evidence were Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, whose parents hailed from counties Kilkenny and Limerick, and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, son of Germans. In the semicircular rows that arced to the rear of the chamber sat New York's Jack Javits, son of an Austrian and a Palestinian; Hawaii's Hiram Fong, whose parents were born in China; Connecticut...
Ever since he arrived in Washington 17 years ago as the brash junior Senator from Minnesota, Hubert Humphrey has been happy as a clam in his modest, $40,000 home at 3216 Coquelin Terrace in suburban Chevy Chase, Md. So has his wife Muriel. For both, the place has a strong sentimental attachment. Their children's footprints are set in the sidewalk. Muriel takes great pride in a bedroom that she has converted into a sewing room. Hubert liked to relax after a hard day in the Senate by donning an apron and sweeping the halls...
From the start it was clear their fears were unfounded. When Vice-President Hubert Humphrey told the opening session of the congress that the United States will stay in Vietnam until some honorable settlement can be arranged, he got a standing ovation. Not one of the 50 or so people who picketed Humphrey's speech was a congress delegate, and a plan to stage a walkout from the auditorium failed utterly...
Sunday, September 26 ISSUES AND ANSWERS (ABC, 1-1:30 p.m.). Howard K. Smith interviews Vice President Hubert Humphrey on the back-to-school campaign...
...line Republican. Beame declared himself the underdog and charged that Lindsay was being used "by the rejected Republican Party as a front in its attempted comeback in the city, state and nation." Beame called for help from any and all quarters to "repel the invaders." His manager reported that Hubert Humphrey would "walk the streets, ring doorbells and make speeches" on Beame's behalf...