Reckoning with Watergate’s arrogance and folly
Opinion piece railing at Watergate as the latest example of political arrogance in public life. It blames high officials and media, laments public apathy, and urges vigilant scrutiny of government servants while condemning the era’s elite as out of touch and bungling. It cites Haldeman Ehrlichman and Dean as among those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Vietnam
Pentagon
Watergate
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Dean
Enlisting misfit recruits raise draft ethics questions
Wisconsin state survey finds 75 men enlisted since December 1 1972 had failed or were deficient in draft physical or mental tests with several cases of missing fingers heart disease epilepsy psychiatric disorders and deranged elbows. Recruiters claim same standards apply in all 50 states and some use a dumb dumb course to pass re examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wisconsin
U.S. Army
Hampton
Robert Levine
Selective Service
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Levine
Personal reflections on housing and a 1941 NJ home purchase
The narrator muses on living in prewar New York area housing and the costs of urban life, recounting buying a Cape Cod home in Teaneck, NJ in 1941 for 5990 dollars with a 300 dollar down payment and monthly payments. He recalls his night shift job, painting and building a game room, then selling at a profit and buying another in Haworth. The anecdote contrasts urban expenses with the lure of home ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard S. Stern
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Manhattan
Cape Cod
Longview Curt
Teaneck
N.J
Law and breach of promise in marriage cases
A discussion notes that Pennsylvania abolished actions for breach of promise to marry and alienation of affections by statute. It explains a marriage license is valid 60 days from issuance and no lawsuit can arise for not completing the marriage. The piece also touches on unrelated items about Watergate, a film, a nonlethal riot weapon concept, and political figures Rooney and Kee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Pentagon
Rooney
John Rooney
D-N
Brooklyn
House
Sebastian Leone
Postwar House Dreams Sell For Real Estate Tycoon Tale
A writer turns real estate mogul after buying timbered land with a brook and nine rooms for 10 000 dollars. He notes the house sold for 13 000, buys a brick home, and later lands a 3000 dollar book contract to write about building a grand house. He plans a cost plus 15 percent build with an architect.
Corry labor council sets meeting on high school plans
In Corry on May 4 1953 the Central Labor Council announced a 7 pm public meeting at the municipal auditorium to clear up confusion about the new junior senior high school. Also notes retirements and local happenings from 1933 and personal recollections on real estate and a famous comic memoir excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Council
Organized Labor
Corry
Louis Miller
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Dopes
White House
Corry Journal
Faure
THE
Milwaukee Journal
California
John Lavine
Chippewa Falls
Portage
Baraboo
Wis
Nixon
Board of Education
Haworth
Milwaukee
Defense
Elliot Richardson
Congress
President Nixon
Alabama
George Wallace
Campobello
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Kee
D-W.va
Kee
Jim Bishop
Sara Macinnes
West Frederick Street
Mcinnes Steel Co
Alfonso Jackson
Charles Jackson
Fourth Avenue
Corry Water Supply Company
Corry Taxpayers’ Union
Frank T. England
Emil Herman
Brussels
Pittsburgh
Mr. Blandings
Garrison Avenue
Bishop
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