Will There Be Counterattack in Nixon Congress Clash
President Nixon heaped charges on Congress over impeachment probing and the energy bill, accusing lawmakers of inaction while Sen. Byrd defended the Judiciary Committee and energy legislation. Byrd said Nixon vetoed the energy bill and faulted the White House for failing to act. The piece notes weak leadership and limited press attention to Byrd and Mansfield.
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Congress
Nixon
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Texas
White House
Sen
Byrd
House Judiciary Committee
Energy Legisla
Executive
Senate
Mike Mansfield
All-Volunteer Force Debated as Draft Stays in Standby
The draft is halted and the U S military relies on volunteers led by deputy director John D Dewhurst who says 2 2 million in uniform is achievable by volunteers but costs rise. Pay bonuses push 1974 75 expenses above 63 153 million while recruitment trends show mixed racial results and Army manpower exceeds targets.
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United States
John D. Dewhurst
Selective Service
Dewhurst
High Point
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Logic Produces A Decision on Rape Victim Name Publication
North Carolina House Judiciary Committee killed a proposal to bar publishing rape victims names and an amendment to ban publishing the alleged rapist name. The Enterprise will continue its policy of withholding alleged victims names unless judicial determination shows justification.
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N. C. House Judiciary Committee
Privacy concerns rise as FBI proposes expanded NCIC data
Massachusetts defies expansion of the National Crime Information Center arguing it threatens privacy. Governor Sargent supports privacy safeguards and chairs a commission to study reforms while Congress debates a federal state crime data board.
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Fb'i National Crime Information Center
NCIC
FBI
John N. Mitchell
Massachusetts
Bay State
Small Business Administration
Commonwealth
Francis W. Sargent
Sargent
Massachusetts Commission On Privacy
Marjorie Eltzroth
Commission
Massachusetts Commission
Congress
Senate
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ervin
Thomas Hobbes
Clarence M. Kelley
Justice Department
Kelley
SEC Probes Steel Merger Ties to Nixon Campaign
The SEC opened a criminal inquiry into the National and Granite City steel merger amid reported political contributions exceeding 100000 to the Nixon re election effort. Key players include Hanna Mining with national ties, White House aides, and law firms connected to Nixon supporters. The Justice Department opposed the deal, but then Attorney General Mitchell allowed it to proceed.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Nixon
National
Granite City Steel
Justice Department
John Mitchell
White House
Hanna Mining
Hanna
H. Chapman Rose
Nixos
Rose
Jonathan
Peter Flanigan
Big Business
Gilbert Humphrey
George Humphrey
Treasury
Nix
Humphreys
Granite City
Collier
America
Mitchell
Flanigan
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Stans
SEC
Ralph Nader
Mark Green
St. Louis Post- Dispatcher
Dana Spitzer
Mergers and policy shifts roil steel and foreign aid
A 1970s overview describes steel industry moves toward mergers despite antitrust concerns, White House influence scrutiny, and SEC probes. It also notes a rebranded foreign aid agency under Dan Parker, and behind the scenes lobbying and wildlife trade tensions with kangaroo exports and Australia.
Watergate Conspiracy Ruling Sparks Libertarian Debate
The piece argues the Watergate conspiracy charges against Mitchell Mardian Haldeman Ehrlichman Colson Strachan and Parkinson amount to a lazy prosecutorial ploy. It contends conspiracy indictments collapse individual crimes into a single vague offense and calls for trials on specific charges such as perjury or obstruction.
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Mass
Watergate Grand Jury
John Mitchell
Robert Mardian
Internal Security Division
Department of Justice
Chicago 7
Harrisburg Group
Brothers Berrigan
Abbie Hoffman
Dr. Spock
Messrs. Mitchell
Mardian
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Colson
Strachan
Parkinson
Chicago
Harrisburg
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9Th Circuit
United States
Mitchell
Supreme Court case on race based college admissions
The Supreme Court weighs Marco De Funis v. Odegaard in a high stakes clash over racial preferences in college admissions. The piece argues against using race to reserve spots, calling it racial prejudice in reverse, and urges a unanimous reversal of Washington state’s ruling.
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United States Supreme Court
Marco de Funis
Charles Odegaard
University of Washington
University of Washington Law School
de Funis
Washington State
University
Washington Supreme Court
United States
Harvard University
American Jewish Committee
Joint
Civic Committee
Advocate Society
D. Patrick Moynihan
National Football League
U.S. Supreme Court
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