Word: ribicoffs
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...lead the filibuster, arguing that the bill "is repugnant to the free-enterprise system." As chairman of the Government Operations Committee, which is responsible for such legislation, Ervin delayed the bill's entry onto the Senate floor. No problem is anticipated with his probable replacement: Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff, one of the bill's chief sponsors...
...Dobrynin meeting led in turn to one of Jerry Ford's most remarkable accomplishments of the week. A day later, he sat down to breakfast with three of the trade bill's staunchest critics, Senators Henry Jackson of Washington, Jacob Javits of New York and Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut. Richard Nixon had never met directly with Jackson or the other Senators to discuss the bill, and Ford's face-to-face meeting seemed to have paid off. White House sources said later that some sort of compromise appears to be in the works...
...Senate. Aiken admirers donned casual and Western clothes and gathered for an evening of corn on the cob and some country music. Among the guests: Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott (in a patchwork shirt), Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns (yellow, blue and white sport jacket), Senators Abraham Ribicoff, J. William Fulbright and Herman Talmadge. In a pink pantsuit, former Presidential Secretary Rose Mary Woods forgot other matters and led a bipartisan hoedown...
...again." He added that he had grown restless with a job that cut too deeply into the time he wanted to spend with his family. Meskill denied that his decision was influenced by Watergate, but aides admitted that he might have been induced to run against Democratic Senator Abraham Ribicoff if Watergate had not soured Republican chances. Instead, Meskill is likely to be offered a top Washington post or an appointment to the U.S. Court of Appeals...
Senator Russell Long, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee who has been pushing a more modest plan for coverage of catastrophic illness since 1970, has now been joined by Senator Abraham Ribicoff. The two have proposed an $8.9 billion, three-part package that would expand Medicaid eligibility to cover low-income families, have the Government pay all hospital costs after 60 days and all medical bills exceeding $2,000 per year...