Watergate report reflects crimes and calls for policy change
The Watergate Special Prosecutor Force releases a 300 page summary noting widespread crimes in the White House and leadership ties. It urges public policy on national security limits, a constitutional amendment on presidential prosecution, and a ban on political appointees in key justice roles.
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Jesse Helms
Newsweek Magazine
Richard M. Nixon
Pat
Watergate Special Prosecutor Force
Newsweek
Ford
Nixon
United States
Department of Justice
Watergate
Role Of The Thinkers By David Boorstin
Washington editorial explores think tanks in the 1950s and 60s as policy bridges between science and government. It discusses their funding, types from Rand to Brookings, independence concerns, and the question of how much influence researchers should have on public decisions. It cites the New York Rand Institute case and quotes experts on future demand for policy scientists.
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Washington
R&d
America
Arthur D. Little Inc
Rand Corporation
Institute For Defense Analyses
Center For the Study of
Brookings Institution
Jeftish Institute For Policy Studies
Paul Dickson
New York City
Rand Institute
Jamaica Bay
Abraham D. Beame
John V. Lindsay
Institute
Public Service Profit Claims Stir Alabama Politics
Senate inquiry notes Rep. Tom Bevill of Alabama used travel funds and staff for personal tasks. Index cards reportedly mark black constituents with a B in the corner. Bevill defends travel as necessary and says staffers helped with personal chores. A separate memo questions drug ads and urges FTC action. Jackie Onassis takes a Viking editing post amid Kennedy death book flurries.
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Washington
Tom Bevill
D-Ala
Bevill
Alabama
George Wallace
Alabama House
Buenos Aires
State Department
U.S
Hevill
Jackie
Jacqueline Onassis
Viking Press
John Kennedy
Senate Intelligence Committee
Israel Survival Tied to Concrete Commitments Not Abstractions
John P. Roche argues the Sinai technicians and Kissinger era pledges reveal weaker U S backing for Israel. He warns Congress has shifted from open ended support to conditional assurances and questions the practical ability to sustain Israel in another war.
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Kissinger
Israel
Congress
Pentagon
Rabin
Christian Science Monitor
Sinai
Isaael
Once Upon A Bond in Beane Beame Tale
Washington readers recall a satirical tale of Mayor Beanie Beane weighing family bonds against poverty. He travels three days to the Grand Gumchewer in the White House, hoping to sell bonds to stave hunger, only to be rebuffed and reminded of harsh limits. The piece lampoons fiscal overreach and political privilege with a grim twist.
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Watergate
White House
Congress
Oval Office
Washington
Beanie
Hugh Carey
Beame
Gerald
Beane
Uncle Gerald
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Hawaii
Argentina
Senate
Pharmaceutical
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Small Business Committee
Nelson
Federal Trade Commission
Council On Children, Media and
Averica
ER Jovana
John P. Roche
King Features Syndicate
House
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Yitzhak Rabin
Ma’ariv
Golan Heights
Egypt
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