Editorial Page Urges End to Buying Embassies
The editorial criticizes political patronage in ambassador appointments, noting post Watergate vacancy patterns and a proposal to cap non-career foreign service posts at 15 percent. It argues big donors influence postings, calls for campaign contribution limits, and urges accountability for those serving abroad.
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Pakistan
Denmark
Bulgaria
Brazil
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ruth L. Farkas
New York
Luxemburg
GOP
Foreign Service
Europe
Virginia's Viewpoint on child program breaks speech log jam
Virginia Pavette argues that a child’s home environment after school shapes academic success more than school quality. She cites the Long Island program teaching parents to engage with toddlers through play, books, and stories, noting 274 children improved 17 IQ points in six years and the model spreads to 21 cities.
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Virginia Pavette
Susie
Johnny
Long Island
N.Y
Opinion Policy for Letters to The Journal
The Journal requires signed letters with street address and city and keeps them under 300 words. Typing on one side is preferred. The Journal supports free expression of opinion though views may not reflect the paper. The lightning strike remark illustrates renewed faith in churchgoing.
Call girls in Watergate scheme surface in Mitchell confession
Senate investigators disclose a covert plan involving a kiss and tell operation at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. John Mitchell describes meetings with G. Gordon Liddy and White House figures including Haldeman Ehrlichman Kissinger Colson Timmons Petersen and Dean.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Call Girls
Miami
Senate
John Mitchell
G. Gordon Liddy
Justice Department
Mitchell
Liddy
White House
John Dean
Ing
Magruder
Key Biscayne
Watergate
Gemstone
CRP
Campaign Committee
President's Brain Trust
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Henry Kissinger
Charles Colson
William Timmons
Henry Petersen
Kissinger
Petersen
Haldeman
Dean
Good News Quandary in a World of Bad
Column sketches a world where any positive report becomes troubling. It jokes about a California paper folding for lack of good news and suggests future headlines that would still confuse readers. The piece lampoons media bias and public perception in grim times.
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Don Maclean
California
Wall Street
Chicago
Nixon’s weak spot in human relations eyed by Nixon watchers
Washington observers say President Nixon relies on controlling his environment and avoids direct contact, failing to cultivate wide human connections. Critics argue this self-protective stance deepens his isolation amid Watergate pressures and fuels a harsh response to criticism.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Nixon
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Richard Nixon
Watergate urgency calls for swift Senate action
Washington editorials press the Senate Watergate inquiry to end delays and reveal Nixon's innocence or guilt quickly. The piece argues the Senate should publish major witnesses and conclude the pivotal point while noting the nation's strain and a politician’s suicide over campaign irregularities.
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William S. White
Washington
Senate Investigating Committee
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Senate
Sam Ervin
D.N.C
Ervin
Maryland
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