Editorial Page In Our Opinion Tailspin and Congress
The piece argues Congress must exhibit statesmanship to pull Washington from a tailspin. It criticizes the disarray in the executive branch and warns that rapid Ford vice presidential confirmation has stalled. It urges constructive, non political action to restore normal government function.
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Congress
Washington
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
United States Senate
Nixon
Kissinger Deserves Nobel Honor Amid Cold War Struggles
James Reston argues Kissinger earned the Nobel Peace Prize despite criticism over Vietnam and wiretap controversy. He notes Kissinger stayed in the White House, shaped detente, and maintained communication with allies and rivals, while facing scrutiny from colleagues and the President.
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James Reston
New York Times
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
National Council
A Og
Nixon
Kissinger
Harvard
Haldeman
Föhrilichman
White House
le Due Tho
North Vietnam
Chou En-lai
China
de Gaulle
France
Soviet Union
Washington
Congress
Biddeford Saco Journal Staff and Contact Notes
Publisher Wm. E. Foster and editor Alta W. Foster are listed with other staff at the Biddeford Maine paper. The notice includes office address 283 Street lis and subscription rates from $3 monthly to $36 yearly. Associated Press rights and national ad reps are noted.
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Wm. E. Foster
B. F. C. Whitehouse
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Lis Street
Biddeford
Maine
Associated Press
Matthews-Shannon Cub Ten Inc
Cox fired to shield oval office from Watergate probe
Washington columnist Jack Anderson reports that President Nixon dismissed Archibald Cox to halt the Watergate inquiry from reaching the White House. He cites White House aides and former associates claiming a political witch hunt and links to a $100,000 Hughes contribution via Bebe Rebozo and Donald Nixon.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Oval Office
Cox
Kennedy
Special Prosecutor
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Charles Colson
White House
Clark MacGregor
FBI
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
MacGregor
Billionair
Howard Hughes
Key Biscayne
Fla
San Clemente
Calif
Bebe Rebozo
Herbert Kalmbach
Rebozo
San Clemente Purchase
Kalmbach
Ement
Ebozo
Gerald Warren
Senate
Las Vegas
Hank Greenspun
Donald Nixon
Hughes Organization
Greenspun
Ehrlichman Kalmbach
Ehrlichman
Hughes
Donald
Tughes
White Houses
Pentagon
Gene Smith
Smith
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Nixon crisis echoed as Nixon tries to defy law
Abroad At Home laments October 20 as a frightful Washington day when acting Attorney General William Ruckelshaus and Elio Richardson refused President Nixon’s order to fire Archibald Cox. Haig’s line underscored a coup fear and the article urges Congress to move toward impeachment while endorsing lawmakers who uphold the law.
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Washington
William Ruckelshaus
White House
Alexander Haig
Haig
Nixon
Archibald Cox
Ruckelshaus
Elio Richardson
engHaig
George St. Haig
Cox
Henry Ruth
Henry LI
Thomas A. Becket
Robert Bork
Becket
Waxing Word Conundrum Stirs Arkadelphia Reader
Mrs. Ben H. Williams of Arkadelphia asks whether to say sweat perspire or glow. The joke centers on social reactions to each term, with gasping friends and fainting companions shaping her choice. A playful note on language and polite speech ends with a quip about pink woolen perspire wearers.
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Theodore Bernstein
Ben H. Williams
Arkadelphia
Ark
Women Behind Bars Highlight Prison Policies Debate
The Nation discusses rising female incarceration and its roots in public policy. Carolyn Handy argues equal penalties for women may grow, with drug offenses and poverty driving more women into longer sentences and impacting families and recidivism.
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Tom Wicker
New York Times
Washington
Crime Commission
Massachusetts
New York
Carolyn A. Handy
Women’s Rights
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Miss Handy
Women’s Prison Association
New York City
Marnie Winston
Correctional Institution For Women
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Nobel
Saco Journal
Alta W. Foster
Mr. Smith
Elliot Richardson
America
Barry Goldwater
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Bernstein
Nooseworthy
Wsh Sea
Chord “Gardens
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