White House reshuffles elevate Laird Haig and Ziegler
The Nixon White House announces key staff changes with Melvin Laird named domestic affairs adviser with Cabinet rank and a seat on the NSC. Alexander Haig steps from active duty as chief of staff. Ronald Ziegler becomes assistant to the President and director of White House communications while continuing press briefings.
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Nixon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
National Security Council
Laird
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Congress
Alexander N. Haig
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Ronald Ziegler
Kansas City Chief Kelley Emerges as FBI Director Candidate
Police Chief C M Kelley of Kansas City is touted as a strong FBI director pick. Backed by FBI tenure and a records of integrity, he would bring experience and non political credentials but faces Senate confirmation after Hoover era turmoil.
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C. M. Kelley
Kansas City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Nixon
Patrick Gray III
Kelley
Senate
J. Edgar Hoover
Laird Named White House Domestic Affairs Adviser
The article notes Laird becomes the Presidents domestic affairs adviser leveraging defense strategy experience. It also mentions the House approving a minimum wage boost, implying slow progress for low earners. A Nevada nuclear test blast and a looming White House explosion are referenced with satire and speculation. A Himalayan kingdom issues a scented postage stamp. The piece hints at further uncertain steps ahead.
Schools Used For Political Power Sparks Debate
An editorial in the May Bulletin of the Council for Basic Education argues American schools are being politicized by teachers unions. It cites NEA and AFT tactics, state lobbying in Michigan, and potential agency shop effects, warning of a shift toward monopoly and indoctrination in curricula and policy.
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Mortimer Smith
Bulletin of the Council For Basic Education
Seh
Mr. Smith
American Federation of Teachers
National Education Association
Washington
AFT
NEA
David Selden
United Automobile Workers
Selden
Michigan
Detroit
Michigan Education Association
MEA
Lansing
Council For Basic Education
CBE
Fifteenth Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Magruder set to testify. Dean faces docs block
Magruder plans to blame himself for illegal espionage and spare his superiors as John Dean faces resistance for access to White House documents. Haldeman Ehrlichman deny all, while Mitchell questions Dean and Magruder edges toward cooperating with the Ervin committee.
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Washington
Nixon
Jeb Stuart Magruder
White House
Magruder
Ervin Committee
Senate
John Dean
H. R
Bob) Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Dean
Oval Office
Butt
Haldeman
Committee
CRP
Mitchell
Agruder
U. S
Harold H. Titus, Jr
Ehrlichman
Jeb Magruder
Burundi Massacre Report Blames U S Inaction and Policy Makers
A Carnegie Endowment project finds U S officials Reuters misled Congress and pursued quiet diplomacy amid a 1972 Burundi genocide. It singles out Assistant Secretary Newsom and Central African Affairs Director Cohen for decisions not to embargo Burundian coffee and to avoid direct intervention.
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Washington
White House
State Department
Carnegie Endowment
U. S
Roger Morris
Henry Kissinger
David Newsom
Herman Cohen
Burundi
Folgers Coffee
Folgers
Bryce Harlow
Proctor and Gamble
Keith Huffman
Huffman
Congress
Carnegie
Ted Kennedy
D-Mass
Michael Hoyt
Cohen
Move Against Rhodesian Chrome Spurs Capitol Drive
In Washington a well funded, international pressure campaign in Congress seeks to reimpose UN sanctions on Rhodesian metallurgical chrome. Prominent backers include Sen. Hubert Humphrey Rep. Donald Fraser and Sen. Edward Kennedy with support from other liberal lawmakers and a broad lobby, stressing race and strategic imports.
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Congress
U. S
United Nations
Hubert Humphrey
D.F. L
Minn
Donald Fraser
D.F.L
Fraser
Kennedy
James Abourezk
D.-S.d
Harry Jackson
D.-Wash
Edward Brooke
R.mass
Thomas Eagleton
D.mo
McGovern
Ales
United Nations Association of the
Harry Byrd
Ind
State Department
Rhodesia
Russia
Security Council
The Killer Instinct in Politics Across Generations
Bruce Bioss surveys political campaigns from 1960 to 1972, tracing how rough tactics and the line between bearable aggression and unacceptable ugliness shaped campaigns. He notes Kennedy and Nixon eras, the Fair Campaign Practices Committee, and the rise of hardline aides influencing outcomes.
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Washington
Vincent Lombardi
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Fair Campaign Practices Committee
Barry Goldwater
Nixon
White House
Goldwater
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