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Lyndon's Mystery Kit. Humphrey, who is floor-managing the bill for the Democrats, was growing impatient. "When we get around to the latter part of April," said he, "we'll start spelling 'filibuster' in capital letters." Before it goes on for too long, Senator Humphrey will probably appeal to Lyndon Johnson for help. "Knowing the President, I expect him to produce miracles," he said. "He has a Mystery Kit of Legislative Remedies...
Maybe. At this point, though, the man with the Mystery Kit is not Johnson but Everett McKinley Dirksen, and most of last week's offstage activity on the bill centered around his shambling figure. The reason for Dirksen's importance is that Humphrey now has only 59 or 60 of the 67 votes that he will need to shut off a Southern filibuster by invoking cloture. The rest must come from among a dozen fence sitters, half of them Republicans responsive to Dirksen and anxious to soften the bill, particularly its public-accommodations and equal-employment sections. "There...
John Olson led the team with his early victory; he was eight holes ahead on the eleventh. Kit Barrow, who has been competing with Olson for the number seven slot on the squad, was close behind, as he led by eight holes with another six to play. Jim Campen, number one on the team, lost another close one yesterday; he was one up in 18 holes...
...last two Crimson golfers, Mike Millis and Kit Barrow, found little competition in. Paul Carlson and Rick Manzano as they clobbered them 5 and 4 and 7 and 6, respectively...
Atlanta's Dr. John R. Lewis Jr. reported good results and a minimum of side effects with a combination kit introduced last year by Dr. Thomas D. Cronin of Houston. It consists of a Silastic (silicone plastic) bag filled with Silastic gel and attached to a backing of Dacron mesh. The viscous gel has more nearly the consistency of natural breast tissue than previous synthetics...