Retirement for Rayburn?
House Speaker Sam Rayburn has suddenly become conscious of his advanced age. He is 79 and his eyesight is failing badly. Mister Sam has to have his mail read to him, and he sometimes fails to recognize friends' faces (he always recognizes their voices). Close Rayburn associates report that he may be considering the possibility that this is his last term in Congress. The hottest candidates for the speakership if and when Mister Sam retires: Missouri's Richard Boiling, 44, Oklahoma's Carl Albert, 52, and Arkansas' Wilbur Mills, 51. Seldom mentioned is...
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