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Exasperated beyond endurance, New Hampshire Republican Norris Cotton finally let fly at the fact that his fellow civil rights proponents were "contribut ing innocently or inadvertently to the so-called filibuster." He said he had been holding a watch as Virginia Democrat Willis Robertson, who makes no bones about being one of the filibusterers, spoke directly on the topic of civil rights. Said Cotton: "I discovered that when the Senator from Virginia was credited with having occupied the time from approximately 10:30 until approximately 1:30, nearly one of those three hours was taken up by other Senators...
...weeks, Washington has been waiting for Lyndon Johnson to fill a looming vacancy on the seven-man Federal Reserve Board, expecting his choice to signal whether the board will stress easy or tighter money. Last week, Johnson took the trodden path: he reappointed James Louis Robertson, 56, whose term officially expired in January, to another 14-year term as governor. Robertson agrees with Johnson that the thriving U.S. economy is not yet in a boom and thus needs no hike in interest rates to restrain its growth. Says he: "I don't intend to begin fighting inflation until inflation...
SUNDAY IN NEW YORK. Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor and Cliff Robertson add style to a frail charade detailing the decline and fall of a 22-year-old virgin who has found virtue unrewarding...
SUNDAY IN NEW YORK. The ways of maids and men-about-Manhattan have been explored before, but Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor and Cliff Robertson nip through this will-she-or-won't-she farce with contagious exuberance...
Died. Finley Robertson Porter, 92, automotive pioneer, chief designer of the low-slung Mercer Raceabout, a forerunner of modern sportscars produced just before World War I, which cost $2,500 and is today's most valuable vintage U.S. auto (the 25 known surviving models are each worth at least $18,000); of heart disease; in Southampton...