Watergate update and Saint Neumann canonization notes
Editorial snapshot ties Watergate to June 22 prison terms for Mitchell and Haldeman and outlines Liddy's commuted sentence. The piece then shifts to a Vatican canonization vignette about Saint John Neumann, detailing his life, reforms, and the sainthood process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchell
White House
Heb
Haldeman
U.S. Destrict Court
John J. Sirica
Mitchell
Secretary of the Interior
Albert B. Fall
Nixon
John D
Ehrlichman
Safford
Ariz
G. Gordon Liddy
FBI
Liddy
Carter
Tris
LIFW
B. Howard Haunt
John W. Deanill
Charles W. Colson
Egil Budbrogh Jr
Californian College
Jet Stuart Magruder
Gordon C. Strachan
Utah
Dwight L. Chapin
Alexander P. Butterficls
Chapin
Success Unlimited
Deep Throat
Vatican
Neumann
Paul VI
Paul
Nicholas Halligan
U.S
Checek
Federal Diary Pushes Union Takeover
The House Civil Service subcommittee backs union rights for federal workers and seeks a union shop in government. Leader Hill Clay aims to broaden union status for federal and postal unions, reform the Hatch Act, and empower bargaining with agencies. Senate fate unclear.
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Federal Diary
Washington Pond
Washington
House
Civil Service Subcommittee
U.S
Hill Clay
Clay
Senate
Governmental Affairs
Abraham Ribicoff
Ribicoff
Testing Teachers in Washington Public Schools
DC Superintendent Vincent Reed proposes written exams and practical teaching demonstrations for all public school teaching applicants. The piece argues exams reduce discrimination and compares with Prince George's and Montgomery counties where spelling grammar and usage tests are in use. The author contends better teacher standards would benefit students in the DC system.
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Washington
Henry Adams
District of Columbia
Adams
D.C
Vincent Reed
Reed
Italy
II Amin
Wbels
Prince George's
Montgomery Counties
Montgomery County
Debates Over Global Wealth Redistribution and Its Dangers
Anthony Marrigan argues against Western wealth transfers to Third World nations, citing Garrett Hardin and Club of Rome critiques. He warns such aid creates dependency, harms recipient farmers, and risks provoking envy and aggression toward benefactors, urging Congress to limit foreign aid.
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Anthony Marrigan
Club of Rome
Samuel C. Florman
Harper
Mr. Florman
Karl Marx
Willy
Hardin
India
Bardin
Roy
United States
U.S. Congress
Revision of History and the Allure of Denial in Public Debate
An essay criticizes historical revisionism and its dangers, arguing it can distort live events and fuel character assassination to influence national policy. It cites The Arms Zealots in Harper’s and discusses figures like Forrestal, Bellow, Packard, and Nitze in a broad critique of how revisionism reshapes memory and policy discourse.
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Ay Holmes
Alex Washington
D.C
Nevinionia
Rani
Tals
Temary
Baok
Hiller
Alger Hiss
Richard Bruno Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Pickett
Gettysburg
Stonewall Jackson
Old Fack
Daniel Yergin
Harper's
Arms Coalition
Saul Bellow
Wildam
Colby
Wall Street
James Forrestal
Navy
Mr. Truman
Forrestal
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Plea for Chapter XI Bankruptcy by Alice Widener
Alice Widener requests Chapter XI bankruptcy as she lists household bills and a claimed debt to Uncle Sam of 131 220 amid tax debt figures from the National Taxpayers Union. She laments inability to pay and seeks legal aid to reorganize finances and continue writing checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Widener
Sam
New York Telephone Co
U.S. Treasury Department
Tang Dwice
National Taxpayers Union
Washington, D.C
NTU
U.S
Union
Uncle Sam
California
Gal
Bagks
U.S.A
A Saver's Struggle in a Hoarders World
In ERMA ROMBECKs memoir excerpt a woman recounts a lifelong need to save and collect. She details growing up with family hoarding tendencies and a pattern of denying the habit while hiding the truth from loved ones. A pivotal moment comes when her daughter confronts the behavior prompting reflection.
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Erma Rombeckam
Heighbars
Sonja Heare
Ann Sheridan
Snow White
Shirley Temple
Heidi
Helen George
Buenan
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Hut
Democrat National Committee
Pennsylvania
John Neumann
America
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Bohemia
Frances Cabrini
Elizabeth Bayley Seton
Horace
D.C. Supt
Essing Met
Looney i, FF Noey
EAR Energy
Alexander
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