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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1973

Page

3

Echoes of Scandal in Grant Era and Beyond

The piece traces Ulysses S. Grant's early presidency amid rising corruption that threatened the 1876 election. It links early scandals to later episodes including Teapot Dome Watergate and other cited cases, noting how presidential responses to wrongdoing shape history and future elections.

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Watergate and past scandals shaped by political frauds

The article traces a lineage of U S political corruption from Grant era Bribery and Babcock to Belknap and Hayes, then Teapot Dome under Harding, Truman era five percenters, Adams scandal, and Bobby Baker, noting Watergate as power preservation, not money. It contrasts self investigations with independent probes and notes public distrust in administrations.

St. Louis Babcock Cape Canaveral Fla William W. Belknap West Fort Sill Belknap Grant Florida Louisiana South Carolina GOP Hayes Tilden Congress Supreme Court White House Harding Fall Teapot Dome Harry F. Sinclair Mammoth Oil Co Elk Hills Edward F. Doheny Pan-American Co Sinclair Liberty Doheny Senate Thomas J. Walsh Montana Calvin Coolidge Owen J. Roberts Philadelphia Atlee Pomerene Ohio Harry S Truman Internal Revenue Justice Department T. Lamar Caudle Truman Matthew J. Connelly Atty J. Howard McGrath Newbold Morris New York Richard M. Nixon Morris Robert A. Taft Department of Justice McGrath James P. McGranery House John Maragon Harry H. Vaughan Vaughan Korea Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai E. Stevenson Eisenhower Sherman Adams Eisehower Lyndon B. Johnson Robert G Bobby) Baker Senate Democrats Baker Page Boy Johnson Bobby Baker California Ocean City America Nixon

West discards king of hearts in crucial endgame

In a H. W. Kelsey hand played in England South leads three no trump and West must decide a discard after a sequence of clubs and diamonds. The right discard diamond deters endplay and confirms the lesson that a premature king discard can ruin a contract in a Gold Cup match.

H. W. Kelsey West South Kelsey England

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