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...idea of presenting Nixon's Cabinet nominations on TV had been kicked around by the staff at his Pierre Hotel headquarters in Manhattan for several weeks, and one of its staunchest advocates was Law Partner Leonard Garment-top media adviser in the campaign and one of the men who devised the question-and-answer TV format that Nixon used to good effect around the U.S. CBS Executive Frank Shakespeare, another Nixon TV counselor, hurried back from a Rio de Janeiro va cation early in the week and had the show ready to go on camera in a hectic...
...Hawaii's Daniel K. Inouye, a Johnson-lining Democrat, swept up 85% of the vote against Wayne Thiessen, a conservative Republican. Almost equally decisive were the victories of the Southern Democratic veterans? Georgia's Herman Talmadge, North Carolina's Sam Ervin and South Carolina's Ernest Hollings. Among the staunchest Democratic liberals, Connecticut's Abe Ribicoff won comfortably, while Birch Bayh overcame the Nixon trend in Indiana. Humphrey's New York victory did not faze Republican Jacob Javits, whose plurality exceeded 1,000,000. Among the easily elected conservative Republicans were Illinois' Everett Dirksen, New Hampshire's Norris Cotton, North...
...Chinese official rhetoric, this time it does have a certain validity. For whatever its stated objectives, in reality the treaty will enforce an "atomic apartheid" in both peaceful and military fields. Limiting the number of members in the nuclear club can only support the strategic status quo, whose staunchest defenders are the United States and the Soviet Union. Their remarkable harmony in presenting the draft treaty last week amazed U.N. delegates. "The only thing they didn't do was hold hands," remarked one delegate...
Before Mr. Wilson was relieved of his coaching duties the CRIMSON received a letter from one of his staunchest supporters, who said the problem with Harvard basketball lay not in the coaching but in the recruiting. The coach's detractors replied that this might be true, but Wilson had been stamped as a loser and few decent basketball players were willing to play for him. It was a vicious circle...
...Staunch Ally. Drawing new attention to Australia's role as an Asian and Pacific nation, Holt traveled widely throughout Asia, strengthened ties with the U.S. and became one of Washington's staunchest Viet Nam allies. He raised Australia's military commitment in Viet Nam from 1,500 men to more than 8,000 and offered Australia as a rest-and-relaxation center for war-weary G.I.s. During two visits to Washington, Holt became close friends with President Johnson, once winking that he went "All the way with L.B.J." "He was steady, he was courageous," said President Johnson...