Watergate and public apathy toward the scandal
The columnist argues Watergate dominates attention despite polls showing many readers have moved on. It critiques media focus, the drag of investigations, and political strategy to dull public opinion. It notes St. Clair’s tactics and Buckley’s view, and hopes for a Supreme Court ruling to move the nation beyond the issue.
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Richard Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Pat
IRS
Senate
James St. Clair
William Buckley
St. Clair
Judiciary Committee
House
Washington
Supreme Court
Square One
High Court
Warren's Legacy Under Earl Warren's Court
Dwight Eisenhower is reputed to have said his greatest mistake was appointing Earl Warren as chief justice. Warren’s 16 years on the bench made the Supreme Court and the Constitution central to daily life, with landmark rulings on desegregation, church-state separation, and one man one vote, reshaping politics and civil rights while sparking impeachment attacks that did not shake his faith in the Constitution.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Warren
Warren Court
Agnew Acres
Spiro Agnew
Kentucky Lake
Alben Barkley
Agnew
Washington
Middle East
Louisville
John McGiffen
Global Baseball League
Walter Dubeck
Mason
Lake Barkley
McGiffen
Dilbeck
Stanley Baldwin
Hiller
Baldwin
Argentina’s Isabel Peron as symbol of political volatility
Commentaries note Isabel Peron as Argentina’s first woman president and 12th in two decades, underscoring chronic instability. The piece traces Buenos Aires’s dominance, regional tensions, and historical shifts from independent federation to central power, Britain’s influence, and the decline after 1930 coup.
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Juan Peron
Isabel
Argentina
Juan
Buenos Aires
J. Fred Rippy
Britain
Europe
Hipolito Irigoyen
Old Man Takes On Army Engineers in Florida River Fight
Washington Merry-Go-Round profiles 71 year old Martin Heuvelmans whose decade long private probe of the Army Corps of Engineers accuses it of polluting Florida rivers with silt and sludge. He publishes The River Killers, calls for abolition of civil works. Corps officials urge silence and praise project positives. Heuvelmans persists amid a campaign of official resistance.
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Washington
Army Corps of Engineers
Martin Heuvelmans
Engineer Corps
Heuvelmans
Florida
Army Engineers
St. Lucie Canal
America
Potomac
Sacramento Delta
Civil Works
Stackpole Books
Harrisburg
Metromedia
Army
Russia's fast arms drive reshapes global balance
The piece argues Soviet steel output and vast tank production outpace NATO, with about 18,000 tanks in Central Europe and 50,000 tanks produced overall in 30 months. It highlights a strong Red navy with 375 active submarines and four fleets, plus potential Suez-linked expansion, and warns Western NATO forces lag. It critiques U.S. fleet cuts and Senate reductions, urging honest debate on Soviet buildup and detente.
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Washington
Hitler
Germany
Great Britain
Ruhr
Russia
United States
London
Europe
NATO
Patton
Third Armored
Czechoslovakia
Red Army
Warsaw Pact
West
Asia
Red Navy
Baltic Sea
Suez
Red Sea
Cuba and Soviet missiles in Caribbean waters
Expert sources warn Cuba hosts Soviet missiles via submarines near Cuba and say the United States shows little protest. They note a Russian task force visited Cuba without reaction, Kissinger guidance omits military ties, and U.S. Cuba policy drifts as Russo-Cuban linkages erode objections.
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Washington
Cuba
U.S
United States
Cuban
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Joe Brown
Washington Post
Woodward
Bernstein
Peron
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
St. Lucie
Ernest Cuneo
North American Newspaper Alliance
U.S. Senate
Custer
Naval Operations
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwalt
Congress
Med
Virginia Prewett
North American Newspaper ‘Alliance
Caribbean
Castro
Kissinger
Havana
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