Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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MISSILES: Asked about the report from Minnesota's Democratic Senator Hubert Humphrey that the Russians have developed an 8,700-mile missile (see Democrats), the President replied: "I would know no reason whatsoever why this could not be done. We have also tested successfully an ICBM of sufficient range...
...sooner had Minnesota's Democratic Senator Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. returned to his Capitol Hill office last week than an emissary from the Central Intelligence Agency's Director Allen Dulles arrived on the scene. CIA's Dulles wanted to see Humphrey immediately about his 8½-hour Kremlin visit with Nikita Khrushchev. A little later Atomic Energy Commission Chairman John McCone called with an urgent request for an appointment. Humphrey settled by arranging to meet everyone in the office of Under Secretary of State Christian Herter right after his special midafternoon news conference. And that event...
...going to get run out of the ballpark, ' said Democrat Humphrey. "In fact somebody else might...
Smart, Strong & Tough." At 4:30 and again at 5:30, Humphrey made motions toward leaving, but each time Khrushchev waved him back to his chair. At 7, dinner (beef, ham, wild fowl, etc.) was brought in, topped by a toast in Armenian brandy. At dinner's end, Humphrey made a forthright suggestion. "I agree," said Nikita Khrushchev, and the two tromped oft to a Kremlin lavatory, were soon back at the conference table. At 9, Anastas Mikoyan dropped by, and the talk returned to trade. At 9:30 it occurred to Humphrey that his wife might be worried...
...Humphrey, in view of his experiences, worried about the free world future? Said Hubert Humphrey: "Hell...