Word: thurmonds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...harsher bill, it might bring about a change in the Senate's cloture rule, and it would certainly build up ill will that could only harm the Southern cause in future years. Among the first to agree with the no-filibuster decision was South Carolina's Strom Thurmond, the 1948 Dixiecrat candidate for President...
Therefore, when Strom Thurmond arose on the Senate floor at 8:54 one night last week, his fellow Southerners had every reason to expect that he, like the rest of them, would make a brief, denunciatory speech and then sit down. They were wrong as they could...
...Soft Snore. A dull, droning speaker at best, Thurmond began by reading the texts of the election laws of all 48 states-from Alabama to Wyoming. By 11:30, Republican Everett Dirksen was passing the word: "Boys, it looks like an all-nighter." But at 1 a.m. Arizona Republican Barry Goldwater approached Thurmond's desk, asked in a whisper how much longer Strom would last. Back came the answer: "About another hour." Goldwater asked that Thurmond temporarily yield the floor to him for an insertion in the Congressional Record. Thurmond happily consented-and used the few-minute interim...
...Thursday morning 54-year-old Strom Thurmond was still on his feet. Wires from back home began to pour in on other Southerners, demanding that they help Strom Thurmond in his heroic effort. They realized quickly how Thurmond's doublecross had put them on the spot with their constituents. Urgently, angrily, they put in phone calls to home-state newspapers, explaining the harsh facts: Thurmond was not helping the cause; he was playing with dynamite...
...Thurmond turned to four National Airlines' stewardesses, all appearing as witnesses against the bill, who brought in a pro-wet petition from 83 others. "I've never had a complaint about drinking," said Gene Rotroff. "I've had more about cigar smoking." Martha Ann Alexander pointed out that "even with the two-drink limit, I have found an increasing number of passengers bringing bottles on board.'' Michele Harvey told Thurmond she favors serving liquor "because most of the passengers like it." But don't stewardesses find their barmaid duties distasteful? pursued Thurmond. Answered Stewardess...