Word: tv
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...perfectly timed-30 to 35 min. With his lead in the polls, Nixon is conserving his energy and avoiding the fatigue that caused him to make mistakes in 1960. He usually gets to bed by midnight and takes weekends on the beach to preserve his suntan for the TV camera. That is an advantage for the press, too, of course...
...Senate, however, wily Minor ity Leader Everett Dirksen reversed the procedure by stationing a page outside the doors to send Republicans away. Lacking a quorum of 51 the Senate was stymied, and Majority Leader Mike Mansfield finally signaled defeat 1 TV debates...
...dinner featuring Ted Kennedy. McGovern is investing almost a third of his budget in a door-to-door canvass to woo back the voters he needs. A skillful debater, he put another third of his funds into newspaper and television ads and question-and-answer appearances on radio and TV...
...Congress act on the nuclear treaty before adjournment. The Senate, as it has frequently done during the session, ignored the President and pushed for adjournment. The House, however, was prevented from following suit by a group of liberal Democrats who hoped to keep both chambers in session until the TV-debates bill could be approved. They thereby succeeded in prolonging the life of the 90th Congress at least until this week...
Blackout. Following the shot unerringly for more than a hundred miles, a remarkable Air Force camera called IGOR (for Intercept Ground Optical Recorder) brought the shutdown and separation of the first stage, and the ignition of the second stage into full view of the TV audience. Seconds later viewers also saw the dramatic jettisoning of the Apollo escape tower, which arced high above the spacecraft before plummeting back toward earth. Finally, about 10½ min. after launch, out of IGOR's range, Apollo 7, still attached to the second-stage Saturn 4B rocket, glided into an orbit 140 miles...