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Aspirin & Cigarettes. A onetime crusading aide to the late Senator Estes Kefauver, Rand Dixon works hard at appearing more reasonable than he used to be. When he became boss in 1961, he scarcely concealed his distrust of big business, often squabbled with his four commissioners. Frustrated by the fights on...
National Debate. The hardy perennial among proposed amendments calls for equal rights for men and women, a 450-time loser since 1926. The late Senator Estes Kefauver was author of 35 proposals, but the heavyweight champion is New York Democrat Emanuel Celler, at last count author of 49 amendments. By...
Cordial Reception. Medical World News, Geffen's new magazine, could not have chosen a less auspicious month than April 1960 to make its debut. The Kefauver investigation of overpricing in the drug industry had only recently opened in Washington. And although Geffen recognized his total dependence on drug advertisers...
Politically, he is Lyndon's kind of man. Connor used to describe himself as a New Dealer, now says, "I am an independent Democrat-or a liberal businessman." But when it comes to a conflict between doctrinaire liberalism and business interests, Connor is a businessman first. In 1959, when...
Tennessee: In the only state with two Senate races, a couple of staunch Goldwater Republicans who have never won an election are challenging two veteran Democratic officeholders. Two-term Democrat Albert Gore, 57, is favored over Memphis Businessman Dan H. Kuykendall, 40. But Representative Ross Bass, 46, running to fill...