Word: sen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...these days is full of talk about having a black American run for the Presidency or Vice-Presidency this year. A number of black groups have been meeting on this and related issues. Sen. Edmund Muskie of Maine recently voiced his opinion that a President could not be elected in 1972 with a black running-mate--a view he took pains to say he came to with regret. Since then, Muskie has met with agreement and disagreement from both sides of the color line...
...staff member of the National Opinion Research Center has proposed in the New York Times Magazine that black civil-rights leader Andrew Young is an obvious person to run for Vice-President. Sen. Brooke of Massachusetts recently said, "The time is not far off when a black will be elected Vice-President, and 1972 could be the year," adding that he himself, the Senate's sole Negro, would accept the Republican nomination for Vice-President if President Nixon offered...
Other speakers who will address the conference later this weekend include Daniel Ellsberg '52, former Rep. Allard K. Lowenstein (D-N.Y.). Georgia state representative Julian Bond. Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.). Rep. Donald Riegle (R-Mich.) and Rep. Walter Fauntroy...
...daily life he noted an "appealing imprecision. People wander around; daydream. They don't mince like Japanese, but amble as men in secure possession of the earth under their feet." He also was struck by the candor of those he interviewed. At Canton's Sun Yat-sen University, he talked with Professor Fu Chih-lung, a Minnesota Ph.D. in biology, who had given up theoretical research to develop a new breed of insects that would kill agricultural pests. "It's like the Nixon Doctrine," his guide remarked dryly. "Asians to fight Asians...
...series's script conferences and is permanently assigned to supervise the shooting, and the final scripts are sent to Washington for approval. Hoover watches the show faithfully, and he told a Congressional subcommittee that he felt, the show was useful in maintaining the Buerau's image. When Sen. John Pastore (D-R.I.) began an inquiry into the effects of violence on television. Hoover called producer Quinn Martin, and the violence on "The FBI" dipped: "We have made an adjustment," Martin said later, "and I don't think it's hurt us any. Our ratings have gone...