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...Universities are not the only institutions under attack," Ribicoff said. "The family is fragmenting, churches are said to be irrelevant, and the government is stagnating...
...additional view," Sen, Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.), who did not vote against releasing the report, chastised it for failing to see the problem in a larger focus...
There are those who maintain that Crum is but one among many. Indeed, Senate subcommittee sources in 1969 confirmed private reports that the black market in U.S. dollars and machinery may have been costing the American taxpayers upwards of $2 billion yearly. Asked by Senator Abraham Ribicoff if there were more "crumbs" operating in Viet Nam, Bybee replied: "Senator, there are many, many crumbs, although they haven't been as successful as William J. Crum...
...eyeball-to-eyeball commitments 24 hours before the vote," but that four Senators did not keep their pledges on the secret ballot. Suspicion centered mainly upon Washington's two Senators, Henry Jackson and Warren Magnuson, because Kennedy had opposed Seattle-based Boeing's supersonic transport; Connecticut's Abe Ribicoff. who has had past differences with the Kennedy brothers; and South Dakota's George McGovern, an announced presidential candidate, who is trying to appeal to the same kinds of voters that a Kennedy candidacy would probably attract...
Senator Abraham Ribicoff, whose Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization studied the malpractice mess last October, said it was becoming a "national crisis." But few agree on what action should be taken. Most physicians support legislation limiting their liability; many urge the A.M.A. or the Government to underwrite a reinsurance pool for physicians who cannot obtain malpractice insurance from other carriers. Some suggest that the patient carry surgical-accident insurance similar to that now available to airline passengers. Almost all attack the contingent-fee system under which lawyers receive a portion, usually one-third, of any award made to the patient...