Nixon described as obsessed with trivial White House affairs
Former aide Alexander Butterfield told the House Judiciary Committee that President Nixon was "very, very much in charge" and preoccupied with minor details from salute cues at ceremonies to salad at state dinners. He said Nixon focused on management, memorandums, and gifts, with Haldeman as the implementer.
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Seymour M. Hersh
New York Times
Washington
Nixon
White House
Alexander P. Butterfield
House Judiciary Committee
Butterfield
Federal Aviation Administration
James D. St. Clair
Mr. Nixon
Mr. Haldeman
Haldeman
Gordon Strachan
Gordon C. Strachan
Nixon White House
Henry A. Kissinger
John D. Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
Senate Watergate Committee
Secret Service
Oval Office
California
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Mall
P.O.W
West
Supreme Court blocks interdistrict desegregation remedy
Excerpts from the Supreme Court majority and dissent discuss rejecting area wide desegregation when no constitutional violations are shown beyond a single district. Warren Burger warns against bypassing local control, while Marshall and Douglas urge remedy to end separate, unequal schooling in Detroit.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
District Court
Court of Appeals
Detroit
Michigan
Thurgood Marshall
Excerpts From Landmark Nixon Evidence Decision
The text discusses presidential confidentiality and the high protection it warrants in criminal cases. It notes the District Court must seal presidential materials not relevant to the prosecution and return them to custodians. It also covers jurisdiction, executive branch disputes, and the pushback against intruding into other branches.
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District Court
Detroit
Fair Administration of Justice
Court of Appeals
Executive Branch
Record of U S shipyard employment and combatting confidentiality
U S private shipyards reached a postwar high with 148 900 workers at end of March per Shipbuilders Council of America. Earnings data from Bureau of Labor Statistics show shipyard workers earned more per hour and per week than other private nonfarm workers. As of June 1 87 merchant ships over 6 million tons were under construction or on order valued at over $3 5 billion, including 67 tankers.
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Maritime Administration
U.S
Brooklyn
Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp
Langfitt Shipping
Lad Maritime Administration
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Congress