High Point Police Shakeup Probed After Dismissals
The High Point Police Department faces scrutiny as several patrolmen are dismissed and later arrested. Chief Laurie Pritchett, calling it the sickest day of his life, explains reforms and a shift from previous leadership, while weighing public trust and the role of punishment in police crime cases.
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High Point
Laurie Pritchett
Pritchett
Georgia
Cee Me
High Point Police Department
Nixon Visit to Poland Signals Trade and Political Shifts
Nixon plans a May 31 arrival in Warsaw for about 24 hours amid a history of strong Polish hospitality. Analysts see potential gains in U S Polish trade and modernization as Poland awaits ratification of a West German nonaggression treaty, with political risk and cautious independence shaping the journey.
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Nixon
Warsaw
Richard M. Nixon
Poland
Soviet Union
Adam Bromke
Harald von Riekhoff
East Europe
West Germany
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Gomulka
Soviet Bloc
A. Ross Johnson
Rand Corporation
Bonn
Nixon covert favors linked to Hoffa Beck tax deal
The article reports Nixon aides allegedly intervened to aid ex Teamsters boss Hoffa and later commuted Beck's $1.3 million tax debt via a five year land sale arrangement. It notes IRS officials claim no Washington directive and cites lawyer George Constable’s role. A separate item notes Sen McClellan canceled testimony on falling federal conviction rates.
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Nixon
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Seattle
George Constable
IRS
Washington
Constable
Feud Over House Computers Sparks JSP Style Audit
House Administration Chairman Wayne Hays and Clerk W Pat Jennings clash over data processing. A 1971 audit criticized management and staff limits of the IBM 360-50, while Jennings defended the office, as Hays pushes to fund a new information office and reroute payroll work.
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House of Representatives
House
Wayne Hays
Ohio
W. Pat Jennings
Jennings
Hays
Pat Jennings
Collective guilt in Bremer case and a critique of delayed justice
The letter critiques the idea of collective guilt in American justice. It cites historical assassinations from McKinley to Wallace, Kennedy, King, and RFK, arguing delays and judicial twists harm accountability. Arthur Herman Bremer is described as benefiting from delayed justice and defying punishment.
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Arthur Herman Bremer
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Oliver Wendell Holmes
William McKinley
Leon F. Czolgosz
Czolgosz
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Smith & Wesson
East 20Th Street
New York City
John N. Schrank
Milwaukee
Schrank
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miami
Joseph Zangara
Zangara
Chicago
Anton J. Cermak
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Martin Luther King
James Earl Ray
London
Robert F. Kennedy
Oswald
George Wallace
Sirhan Beshara Sirhan
Sirhan
Senator Kennedy
Washington, D.C
My Lai
Calley
Wallace
Dallas
Memphis
Los Angeles
Kennedy
CBS
Texas
John Tower
Arthur Hermen Bremer
United States
Letters To The Editor On Decay And Government
The writer decries national decline likening it to ancient empires. They fault taxation, welfare, education, and laws, accusing officials of greed and hypocrisy. They warn of chaos and catastrophe and skew toward distrust of Washington’s leadership and partisan promises.
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Rome
Babylon
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Internal Revenue
Dorothy
Washington State
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D-Ark
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McClellan
Subcommittee On Criminal Laws and Procedures
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By Jack Anderson
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