Nixon guilt debates clash with impeachment support
A Roper poll shows 79 percent find Nixon guilty of impeachable offenses yet only 44 percent favor impeachment citing fear of national harm. Analysis suggests Americans condone rule bending in private life but punish public figures who violate norms, unpacked by Howard F. Stein's critique of law and ethics in politics.
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Gifts of Greatness and Gilded Politics in Nixon Era
In this Annapolis column the author riffs on political gifts and self gifts amid Nixon era scrutiny. It cites congressional junkets costing taxpayers, checks on gifts, and high profile items linked to Johnson, Dulles, Adams, and Nixon supporters. The piece ends with a personal jab and a marginal offer to give a gift to Nixon.
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Looking Back Thieves Raid Cora Whitney School Desk Loot
Police suspect a group of youths carried out a break in at Cora B. Whitney School Seventh Ward stealing 17.85 from four teachers. The Bennington District Civil Works Administration has become a major regional employer with payrolls over 9000 weekly and 800 workers across Bennington and Windham counties. Arthur Holden elected MCA board president at annual dinner with William Burger addressing youth work. Public inspection of New England’s first highway mail truck scheduled for Thursday morning. Max Fienberg marks 30 years at current site since moving there January 1919. President Truman submits a 41.858 billion peacetime budget. Mt Anthony Union School Board seeks a special town meeting to choose site for union high school. Lt Gov Ralph A Foote launches bid for governor underscoring local government control. Hoff administration to propose graduated gross income tax and capital gains tax legislation this winter.
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Florida Secedes in 1861 and Notable National Milestones
On this date 1861 Florida secedes from the Union. In 1920 the League of Nations forms as the Versailles treaty takes effect. In 1925 Miriam Ferguson is sworn Texas governor following Nellie Tayloe Ross. In 1970 a Marietta nursing home fire kills 31.
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Ohio
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