Editorial calls for President Nixon to resign over Watergate
The piece argues Nixon lied about the Watergate cover-up, aided by Haldeman, and faces imminent impeachment. It urges immediate resignation, condemns obstruction of justice, and notes loss of confidence in Congress and the American people. It acknowledges Nixon’s past service but insists only resignation can salvage honor.
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Nixon
House of Representatives
Senate
Richard Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
White House
Haldeman
CIA
FBI
Mitchell
CYA
John Ehrlichman
United States
Far North and Out World News and Conspiracy Talk
The piece lampoons late night radio talk on the Rockefeller conspiracy and a Seattle police case. It notes disappearances feared in Seattle with astrologers predicting dates that pass without incident. The article mocks extreme methods and ends with a tongue in cheek warning about tying to the Rockefellers or the spirit world.
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California
Riverside
Spirit World
Tabby
Iowa
Seattle
Capt. Swindler
Civil rights movement in flux in mid seventies
Washington reports the 1974 civil rights movement is reflective with leadership aging, new priorities in politics and economics, and old guard groups like NAACP and Urban League struggling for survival as major conferences convene and voices divide on future strategy.
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Washington
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Urban League
S.N.C.C
CORE
Jessi L. Jackson
Operation Push
The
Ford
Nixon
Percy E. Sutton
Manhattan
Nixon jewelry records theft shocks First Lady circle
Nixon family jewelry dealings dominate a sensational report alleging thick books cataloging the First Family gems. Pat Nixon’s cousin allegedly spirited away the records in a swift store raid. Additional claims link Bebe Rehozo to a $5,650 earring purchase and insurance broker Sullivan to the rogue extraction. The piece also notes veterans’ draft era shifts and retail lobbying on a consumer protection agency.
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Pat Nixon
Washington
First
Bebe Rehozo
Senate Watergate Committee
Rebozo
Nixon
Sullivan
Letters on speed limits and driving habits in era
A reader replies to H J Asher defending speed limits, noting holiday highway deaths stem from mass driving and driver error. He recalls California limits, cites safer highways and cars, urges courtesy, and advocates driver education. commends independent election enforcement for reducing corrupt influence.
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H. J. Asher
Asher
Iowa
California
United States
Lawmakers weigh final provisions of campaign reform bill
Rep. Craig Hosmer states he cannot decide whether to support the bill, arguing current campaign financing laws are adequate if candidates obey them. Common Cause finds enforcement weak, allowing evasion. Urges constituents to write their congressman urging meaningful reform with a mixed private public system.
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Craig Hosmer
House Administration Committee
Common Cause
Politicians face criticism over family employment biases
The speaker argues that citizens stereotype politicians as rich and corrupt and question why relatives cannot work for politicians while other professionals like store managers or doctors can hire family members, suggesting a double standard in employment practices.
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David and
Nelson Rockefeller
Dartmouth
Ment
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National Urban League
Miami Beach
National Welfare Rights Organization
People United To Save Humanity
Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr
Whitney Youngs
George Wiley
Welfare Rights Group
James Farmer
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Johnson
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Atlantic City
Selma
Ala
Congressional Black Caucus
Jackson
Hang
Wpleentel
Telegteana
Jewel Records
Shaw and Dussing
Edward C. Sullivan
New York City
John Shaw
William Dussinger
New York
Pat
Tricia Cox
Julie Eisenhower
Tricia
Rose Mary Woods
America
Vietnam
Army
National Retail Merchants Association
Consumer Protection Agency
Montgomery Ward
Edward Donnell
Jock Anderson
Bill Appel Carson
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