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...sides shimmer together in a radical instability. Robert's headlong drive through the 1968 primaries often threatened to turn into something like the riot at Rudolph Valentino's funeral. Even now, in his noncampaign, Ted Kennedy knows what superstar's confusions he can cause. Oregon's Republican Senator Robert Packwood remembers a trip he took with Ted to some hospitals and health centers in Chicago and Cleveland as part of their work for the Senate health subcommittee of which Kennedy is chairman...
...first time I've had such an experience in my life," says Packwood. "It wasn't political. It was regal. People wanted to touch him?not just 21-year-old student nurses but 45-year-old orthopedic specialists. It was astounding and a little frightening. I've never seen that reaction to anybody in my life, in politics or out. The closest thing I can remember was when I attended an Elvis Presley concert a long time...
...committee during the past legislative session. Proposals to liberalize abortion laws in 29 other states fared no better. Many experts believe that the permissive policies in several states have relieved pressure on standpat states to act on abortion. Federal action is also unlikely, though Oregon Senator Robert Packwood has introduced a bill that would allow any physician to perform an abortion on demand during the first 31 months of pregnancy. The bill is given little chance of passage...
...Robert Packwood, U.S. Senator...
...Republicans who had been engaging in a muted filibuster to block any substantive vote detected growing support for the President and permitted a vote. But on the roll call, the Administration lost some Republicans it had hoped to land, including William Saxbe of Ohio and Oregon's Robert Packwood. When the Byrd amendment was declared lost, 52 to 47, some spectators cheered...