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...block Carter's choice of Theodore Sorensen to head the CIA. Bul Warnke has the strong backing of the liberals, who failed to rally to the support of Sorensen. Democratic Whip Alan Cranston began leading the fight for Warnke's confirmation in the Senate, and Hubert Humphrey declared that the nominee "will be a tough negotiator. He's no patsy. He's no softy...
...come next. Says Jesse Butler, 49, "I'm ten men from going out the door." In November, after 14 years at Vertol, Butler was bumped down from an R.-and-D. mechanic to utility man, which means he is "down the drain $2,000 a year." Toolmaker Hubert Willis, 44, after 13½ years at the company, was laid off last October. Says he: "I felt I would be coming back because we would get UTTAS. I wasn't thinking about getting a car or anything like that, but putting my daughter through school. How am I going...
...Corruption of the United States Senate." The lecture will include Korry's further charges that the Senate investigation into the U.S. role in Chile was curtailed, so that details of subversion by past administrations would not be revealed to the public. Korry has said in the past that Senator Hubert Humphrey played a role in restricting the Senate investigation. Admission to the lecture, sponsored by the Harvard Law Forum, will...
Later in the morning, the gleaming white Inaugural platform in front of the Capitol was crowded with family members, Supreme Court Justices and congressional leaders. Television microphones picked up some of the dignitaries' chitchat about what they had done to ward off the cold. Cracked Senator Hubert Humphrey: "I've got my Minnesota thermal underwear...
Richard Nixon's 1973 spectacular. There were also a couple of Kennedys around (Ethel at a New York State party, on the arm of Governor Hugh Carey, Teddy at a dinner to honor Hubert Humphrey at the Mayflower Hotel). But considering that this was a Democratic Inaugural, the members of that sizable clan seemed most notable for their absence throughout the week. Most in evidence were Hollywood stars, athletes, musicians-and Georgians...