Word: ramsey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...about COINTELPRO. In response, Nicholas Katzenbach, who held the office in 1965, said that he had never heard the term COINTELPRO. While he knew of some legal bureau activities involving the Klan, said Katzenbach, he was unaware of any disruptive campaign against groups such as CORE or the S.C.L.C. Ramsey Clark, Lyndon Johnson's last Attorney General, flatly declared: "I had no knowledge of any efforts by the FBI to disrupt the activities of people in the U.S. Such an endeavor is unlawful and unthinkable...
Among the re-elected Republican Senators were Barry Goldwater of Arizona, Robert Packwood of Oregon Charles Mathias Jr. of Maryland and Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania Jacob Javits of New York was a fairly comfortable winner; he received 45% of the vote in his race against former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, the Democratic nominee, who drew 39%, and Conservative Party Candidate Barbara Keating, who got 15%. Robert Dole of Kansas, who was Republican National Chairman in 1972, won by a whisker. Four months ago Dole thought he was "down the tube." But he managed to beat Obstetrician William Roy (by about...
...Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.), a three-term veteran, bucked a statewide Democratic tide by easily defeating former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Javits's margin, however, was considerably smaller than in his victory six years ago over now New York City Council President Paul O'Dwyer...
Numerous political figures were present at the rally, including Rep. Hugh L. Carey (D-N.Y.), Democratic candidate for governor of New York, and senatorial candidates Ramsey Clark and Jacob K. Javits...
Into this void has stepped, Hush Puppies and all, Ramsey Clark. Ever since he resigned as U.S. Attorney General in the Johnson Administration, Clark has sought out one liberal cause after another. He has championed Eskimos and Indians, the Berrigan brothers and the Attica rebels, New York Detective Frank Serpico and vanishing wildlife. There is a joke on the liberal cocktail circuit that if Clark were told that the "nauga" was an endangered species, he would demand a ban on the sale of Naugahyde furniture. He seemed to be too much of a causemonger for even cause-prone New Yorkers...