The President's Options Amid Watergate Turmoil
The article discusses Nixon's precarious path as Watergate fallout grows. It weighs resignation versus impeachment, notes Kiss of political peril, and calls Congress to speed proceedings with a view to restoring national leadership and accountability. It highlights public distrust and the need for presidential figures untainted by the scandal.
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Senate
Nixon
Peter Rodine
Congress
Executive Department
Should Big Brother Make You Buckle Up
The Christian Science Monitor notes a Buckley Eagleton bill to make ignition interlocks and warning buzzers optional rather than mandatory. Senators Buckley and Eagleton, joined by others, argue against government compelled safety devices though support for seat belt use remains high. The piece contends motorists should buckle up but allows choice for nonenjoined drivers.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
James L. Buckley
New York
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Buckley-Eagleton
Morality And The Law In The Nixon Era Debated
The American Bar Association meets in Honolulu while The Economist notes a pervasively legal society amid Watergate. Canon 7 guides zealous advocacy within law, prompting debate over lawyers duties to justice versus clients. Dean Bayless Manning and Yale’s Abraham Goldstein frame lawyers as central public players, able to argue both sides. Public morality clashes with trial tactics and the question of whether history will judge client interests against the greater good.
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Supreme Court
United States
Nixon
Economist of
London
John Marshall
Senate Watergate Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Watergate
American Bar Association
Code of Professional Responsibility
Bayless Manning
Stanford Law School
Abraham S. Goldstein
Yale Law School
Richard Reeves
New York Magazine
White House
James D. St. Clair
St. Clair
Senate
Texas Solon Escape Prosecution Ends Four Year Probe
Washington headlines report Attorney General Saxbe will not prosecute Rep. James Collins R Texas, ending a four year investigation. The piece recalls kickback claims and prior indicting discussions, noting opposition within the Justice Department and Saxbe’s restraint. It also covers impeachment blues for President Nixon and Martha Mitchell joining the staff with mail tampering anecdotes.
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Washington
William Saxbe
James Collins
R-Tex
Saxbe
Collins
Martha
Martha Mitchell
Post Office
John Mitchell
Mississippi
Broad Street
Watergate era impeachment threatens Nixon presidency
A period of political turmoil unfolds as impeachment moves advance amid charges of criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice. The Articles accuse Nixon of abusing presidential powers and defying Congress by withholding subpoenaed papers, with his Monday statement seen as a guilty plea.
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Nixon
Congress
New Yorker
Irving Caesar
Francois Villon
New York Times
New River preservation urged against dam plan
Christine Wilson of the Foothills Group Sierra Club thanks the editor for supporting river protection and urges readers to contact congressmen about HR 11120. The note defends the New River as ancient and scenic, argues the dam serves little use, and promotes placing the river in the Wild and Scenic System to safeguard it for future generations.
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Foothills Group
The
Sierra Club
Hemisphere
Tive Mountain Land
North Carolina
Foothills
Congress
Christine Wilson
Montlieu Ave
Residents oppose Pine Tree Sewage Plant at Abbotts Creek
A Kernersville reader denounces Forsyth County approval of Fortis Enterprises plan to build a dam and flood plain based Pine Tree Sewage Treatment Plant at Abbotts Creek bridge on Watkins Ford Road. The 950 acre tract would host 2064 condominium units and more residents than Kernersville, prompting community fight led by Mrs. Doris Be. Idou.
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Abbotts Creek
Watkins Ford Road
County Planning Board
Forsyth
Kernersville
Fortis Enterprises
Malcolm McLean
Doris BE
Watkins Ford Rd
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Stern
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Solon
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
George Haag
FBI
Haag
U.S
Earl Silbert
Silbert
Asst. Atty
Henry Petersen
Sof
Thomas McTiernan
Justice Department
House
House Gop
John Rhodes
Rhodes
James St. Clair
Tisanship
South Carolina
High Point
High Point Public Library
Ymca Board
Cheerio
Y's
Ron Austin
Charlotte
Roger Hibbard
Durham
Carolina
Holfhouser
Ted Harrison
Department of Transportation
Transportation Department
Department of Natural and
Office of Information Services
P. O
Raleigh
Charleston
West Virginia
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