Word: senlis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Spong, who lives in Portsmouth, rose to prominence as the leader of the urban bloc in Virginia's General Assembly. For 30 years the late Sen. Harry F. Byrd's Organization dominated the state's politics, with the only opposition coming from the small Progressive wing of the Democratic Party. But within the last 10 years a band of moderates, consisting of representatives from Richmond, the urban areas of Northern Virginia, and Tidewater cities like Norfolk and Portsmouth has sprung up between the two extremes in the party...
...want the world to know we stand foursquare behind our Secretary of State in this matter. But there are no easy solutions, and therefore we do not think Sen. Wallace Bennett's advice to 'send an armored division roaring into Saigon, throw a tow rope around Ambassador Bunker and Mrs. Percy, and haul them out of there' is particularly helpful...
...Wallace is satisfied with his "spoiler" role this year. He thinks his campaign will have enough impact on the nation to enable him to mount a formidable challenge to the major parties in 1972. Dreaming about a confrontation with Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in four years, Wallace likes to watch the countryside pass beneath his plane as he flies off on his campaign tours--"Just think, someday I'll be President of all that...
...Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) announced Sunday that he would introduce legislation in Congress this week to completely revamp the draft system. Proposals include: a national lottery, liberalizing requirements for C.O. status, drafting youngest, first, reorganizing draft boards, abolishing punitive re-classification, setting a six-year term for Selective Service director...
KEENE, N.H. Feb. 15--Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy (D--Minn.) told an overflow crowd at Keene State Teachers College tonight that America must establish a new set of civil rights for every one of its citizens...