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...autocratic. The wives of political figures became favorite targets. A photograph of Mrs. Hubert Humphrey was captioned "That little old dressmaker is at it again." A simple dress and jacket worn by Mrs. Stuart Symington became "another one of those 'dumb' costumes." Society and show business regularly get theirs in WWD too. Just last week, Fairchild ordered up a layout on women who "become walking billboards for all the latest status symbols" and "allow fashion to wear them." He even gave them their own initials, FV (Fashion Victims). The caption for FV Barbra Streisand, shown in the transparent Scaasi costume...
...wouldn't see anything wrong with a woman President," Democrat Patsy Mink said after her 1964 election to Congress. Dr. Edgar Berman, Hubert Humphrey's personal physician and confidant, sees plenty wrong with a female Chief Executive. When he said so to the Congresswoman from Hawaii at a meeting of the Democratic Party's Committee on National Priorities, he set Washington abuzz and feminists afire...
...Minnesota's Clark MacGregor, 48, an able, articulate campaigner, faces a long uphill battle to thwart Hubert Humphrey's return to the Senate. They are competing for the seat Eugene McCarthy abandoned. Both have minor primary opposition...
...Times. In The Resurrection of Richard Nixon (G.P. Putnam's Sons), Witcover maintains that former Texas Governor John Connally, a power in the state and Lyndon Johnson's closest political ally, actually worked secretly through most of the campaign to raise money for Nixon while publicly ignoring Hubert Humphrey...
Since 1944, when F.D.R. ran for a fourth term, Frank Sinatra has loyally come to the aid of his party. Among those his voice has coaxed funds for are Jack Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, and in 1966, California Governor Pat Brown. Now, says Sinatra, he will sing for Republican Ronald Reagan, up for re-election next fall. Said the singer-actor with a straight face: "It is my duty as a citizen to put aside partisan considerations when I think the other party's candidate is clearly the outstanding candidate...