Caldwell Butler and the Nixon Impeachment Drama
The article follows Virginia Congressman Caldwell Butler from a Nixon stalwart to a decisive vote for impeachment in 1974. It contrasts his initially partisan stance with his later conviction that impeachment rests on moral principle, not party. The piece frames Butler as emblematic of constitutional duty amid partisan currents, noting his potential electoral risk in the rural Sixth District.
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Richard Nixon
Andrew Johnson
Edmund Gibson Ross
Kansas
Johnson
Virginia
M. Caldwell Butler
United States
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
House
House Oor
Butler
Blue Ridge Mountains
Roanoke
Virginia General Assembly
Viginia
Senate
Rep
Internal Revenue Service
White House
Henry Petersen
Justice Department
Caldwell Butler
Judiciary Committee
Impeachment Debate and a Nation in Crisis
The piece argues against rushed impeachment and urges a full constitutional process. It suggests Nixon reorganize the presidency during the trial, with a small cabinet and a weekly report from the Vice President, to keep government functioning while the case proceeds. It cautions against political games and stresses preserving the Constitution and public duties.
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Sam
Nixon
Senate
National Boys Forum attendees and Lions prep for street fair
Executive and newsmen cover the National Boys Forum in Washington where two boys from each state attend, while in North Bennington the Norshaft Lions tidy the railroad yard for their Thursday to Saturday street fair. Police Chief Edward L. Silver, turning 65, hosts a surprise party with jurists officials and journalists. A rumor links Probate Judge Margaret Lillie to a cake inscription. Historic notes recall 1861 tax law 800 dollars at 3 percent, 1917 National Guard draft, Marilyn Monroe death in 1962, and the 1963 nuclear test ban treaty among US Britain and Russia.
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North Bennington
Norshaft Lions
Lion Merritt Hewitt
Harry Coulter
Edward L. Silver
Bennington
Department of Public Safety
U.S
National Guard
U.S. Army
Marilyn Monroe
United States
Britain
Russia
We elected him Reprinted from Burlington Free Press
Analysis of public complicity and political culture surrounding Nixon era. The piece argues Americans accepted corruption, cowardice, and obedience, conditioning from schools and social norms, and predicts dancing on Wall Street while a future Nixon would be similarly able to evade accountability.
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Lisbon
Athens
Congressional
Nixon
White House
Wall Street
America
Congress
Sam Hill
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the Lonely Republican
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Times News Service
Mr. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Woodford
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Sunshine Scoville
Stark Theatre
Bennington County
Vermont Guernsey Breeders Association
High Mowing Farm
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New York
New Jersey
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Truman
Washington, D.C
Machismo
National Boys Forum
American Legion
Margaret Lillie
Ellen
By Nicholas von Hoffman
Burlington Free Press
John Ehrlichman
Ervin Committee
Certan
Cashier
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ron Ziegler
Zenith
Kenneth A. Beauchemin
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Joseph Kraft
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Edward Kennedy
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