The Ford fumble and the Nixon presidency crisis
Congress leadership failed to act on Nixon's crisis by not tying the vice presidential vacancy to resignations or testimony. The piece argues Agnew's collapse and Nixon's entangled finances threaten presidential integrity, urging a principled delay of a VP nomination until charges are resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Gerald Ford
Congress
White House
Grand
National Archives
San Clemente
Howard Hughes
C.G
Bebe”’ Rebozo
Senate Watergate Committee
Spiro Agnew
House
Senate
Agnew
Watergate
Grand Jury
I.R.S
Jansen
Albert
Ford
Freddie the Fundraiser Sparks A Curious Mind
A columnist muses on Freddie Fundraiser and the puzzling logic of charitable giving. The piece contrasts vivid imagery of a Mississippi raft scene and pie festival with disbelief at how two mascaraed ladies at a fundraiser table could incite desire to contribute to a cancer fund.
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Mississippi
Dummerston
Freddie Fundraiser
Cancer Fund
Freddie
Eddie
The Lighter Side How to save money in education
Dick West mocks inflation driven school funding fears with a humorous piece on fundraising irony. He contrasts student thrift and exaggerated educator appeals, noting wry scenes from schools and offices while lampooning charitable campaigns and their pushy language.
Bennington school addition cost study and local update
A school committee explains the anticipated cost of a high school addition to residents. They note no extra taxes will be raised in the coming year and estimate about eight cents extra per poll and eighty cents per home annually for the first five years.
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Wally
William Nilly Jr
Egads
N.D
Newt Faglie
Walter C. Wood
Carl B. Williams
Bennington High School
Drury High
North Adams
Frank Marra
Elm Street
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Rickshaw
Okla
J. Robert Whipplesnipe III
Herbert Z. Gartersnake
Reginald
Bennington
Mahar & Son Funeral Home
Mahar
Dhone
NFDA
United States
Sales Management
United Nations Security Council
Negev
Palestine
Putnam Memorial Hospital
George M. Fienberg
Green Mountain Park
John Burgoyne
Saratoga
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Chicago
Juan Peron
Argentina
Nichols
Hearts&n
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