Fortas Nomination Faces Senate Filibuster Defeat Threat
Washington's Johnson watched a dramatic Senate turn as Dirksen and a GOP Southern bloc threaten to block cloture on Fortas bid for Chief Justice. Griffin cites 36 votes no while Mansfield weighs a second petition to shut off debate amid calls for Fortas resignation.
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Rwyo
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John Rutledge
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Transplant ethics push seeks new death definition
Dr Denton A Cooley urged a broad ethics code to decide ideal transplant recipients and donors as 69 experts met in Bethesda to redefine death in terms of brain damage. The ACC sponsored meeting included surgeons, lawyers and government reps to map policy.
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Houston
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New Orleans
Legislator Ben Barney to Speak at Clayton Dinner in Littlefield
House Speaker Ben Barney will head the Rep Bill Clayton Appreciation Dinner in Littlefield on October 14. Rep Ralph Wayne of Plainview will MC with invitations sent to Texas legislators. An expected attendance of 750-plus is slated for 7:30 p.m. at the junior high gym with music by the Lamesa Slum Town Symphony and six county committees named for the 72nd District.
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Johnson lauds private business at postmasters convention
President Johnson praised private enterprise at the National Postmasters Convention in Washington. He argued for a public private partnership, stressing federal workers and industry must cooperate to meet national needs, while shunning politics and warmly greeting delegates.
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