Power and peril for Nixon in the coming weeks
A column argues President Nixon remains a potent force despite calls for resignation. It notes his power to shape the State of the Union, budget, and foreign policy, and assesses the public mood, congressional dynamics, and impeachment misunderstandings as he maneuvers toward possible reform or continued influence.
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Nixon
Congress
Middle East
Vietnam
Franklin Roosevelt
Judiciary Committee
Courts
England
Robert Baden-Powell
Christian Nelson
Onawa
Iowa
Winston Churchill
Free World
Britain
Shrewsbury plan uses vandalism rewards to cut damage
The Shrewsbury Massachusetts school committee bets on a new incentive to curb vandalism. A monthly 125 reward fund will repair damages and excess funds support student activities. The approach aims to foster school and community climate reducing tensions that fuel vandalism and encourage student participation in protecting schools.
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Shrewsbury
Massachusetts
National Geographic Society
Boston
Shrewsbury School Committee
Post Office mishap recalls comedy of buckshot discharge
A 1934 incident at a Bennington post office ended with a riot gun discharged through a door into the lavatory by an unaware janitor. No one was hurt. This reminiscence sits amid notes on local fire chief reappointment, vital statistics for 1948, and town meeting plans including pension probes and library funding.
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John E. Gibney
Bennington
Mary Hodeck
James E. Forrestal
New England
Knights of Columbus
Masonic Lodges
Kissinger Untouchable: World Wants Him to Do Everything
Rollo Whipple, Kissinger’s agent, catalogs the diplomat’s imagined feats from playing Moonlight Sonata on various instruments to carving leg of lamb, teaching Mao swims, dancing Swan Lake with Nureyev, and negotiating Middle East peace while juggling endless travel to Damascus, Tel Aviv, and the Persian Gulf.
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Henry Kissinger
Rollo Whipple
Kissinger
Whipple
Henry
Beethoven
Syria
Damascus
Tel Aviv
Persian Gulf
Middle East
Everest
Bobby Fischer
Nureyev
China
Mao Tse-tung
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Kiddo
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Russia
Rollo
Burlington Free Press
Bennington Banner
Greenberg
American Hardware
Vermont
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