Dirksen Oratory Shaped by Americana and Stagecraft
The article profiles Everett McKinley Dirksen as a master orator whose rhetoric blends Shakespeare Bible and Victorian England with Billy Sunday flair. It notes his animated delivery, signature hair, theaterlike gestures, and insistence on conviction over doubt while recalling key episodes from the 1950s and 1960s.
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Power Struggle Shapes Senate GOP Leadership Fate
In Washington, Sen. Hugh Scott emerges as likely interim GOP leader after Dirksen’s hospitalization and death. A split field includes Sen. Gordon Allott and others as potential rivals or future whips, with a collective leadership possible until after 1970 elections.
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Michigan
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Texas
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Tennessee
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