A Fresh Look At The Presidency
Watergate spurred a reevaluation of the presidency with George Reedy's The Presidency in Flux examining the rise of presidential libraries. He argues posturing for posterity may confuse historians and warns that history should not drive policy.
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Watergate era reflections and congressional critique
A Preston Pendergrass memo argues Watergate sparked moral panic in the late 1960s, mocking doomsayers while urging a break from the crisis mindset. It criticizes the Senate Watergate Committee for overreach and asserts the Justice Department should handle evidence and prosecutions, not Congress.
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Brewster Does It Again at Yale President’s Record Not One To Be Envied
ERNEST CUNEO contends Yale president Brewster disgracefully inflates self image while accusing others of moral failing. The piece accuses Brewster of shielding truth, inciting mobs, and tolerating campus unrest to flatter a biased national narrative.
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Baytown Residents Thank Emergency Corps for Brownwood Aid
In a letter to The Sun Col Henry Dittman and fellow Baytown officials praise Wooster and Baytown Volunteer Emergency Corps and Auxiliary wives for swift rescue efforts during the Brownwood disaster. They recount long service hours and selfless aid, urging support for tax or bond measures to assist Brownwood’s recovery, signed by J Law Williams.
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Stolen Frankfurter Papers Spark FBI Probe At LOC
A scholar stole diaries letters and memos from Justice Felix Frankfurter's Library of Congress collection. FBI agents and LOC scholars hunted for a year before finding no clear leads. The incident recalls Walt Whitman papers missing decades ago and prompts renewed anti theft measures.
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A Gulf Coast Traveler Sees Snow in Colorado
Delia Dampens Baytonians recalls a rare five day Labor Day weekend trip to Boulder Estes Park and Colorado weather. A likelihood of snow lifted the trip from drab routine to gala, with a cross country journey home through wet warm air as the Rockies lay two hours away.
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Dallas
San Antonio
Delia
Rockies
Beaf Shortage Myth Recalled By Barbs Column
Barbs column by Phil Masteret recalls a time when customers faced no beef shortages at counters and notes old timers remember past social norms. The piece references college students writing for money and hints at a switch in everyday life laregely tied to money and outsider experiences.
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