Agnew Denies Kickback Charges Facing White House Scrutiny
Vice President Spiro Agnew fights back amid allegations of $1000 weekly kickbacks as Maryland governor and a $50000 contractor payment after becoming VP. He calls the charges damned lies and vows to stand on his own feet while President Nixon supports him. The probe also touches Republican fundraising and graft allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spiro Agnew
Maryland
Tam
Baltimore County
Agnew
Nixon
White House
First Crime Dip in 17 Years Quiet but Not Bright
Two percent drop in overall crime marks the first decline in 17 years. Violent crime rose 2 percent with specific shifts: cities over 250,000 down 8 percent, suburbs up 2 percent, rural areas up 4 percent. In 1972 forcible rape up 11 percent, murders up 5 percent, robberies down 3 percent, auto theft down 16 percent.
FBI Praised for Record of Clean Policing and Professionalization
The piece argues the FBI has been freer of scandal than Congress, highlights its role in Watergate knowledge, and notes calls for more congressional oversight. It praises Hoover era discipline, warrants over confessions, crime lab success, and current director Kelley’s plan to raise the bureau’s value with broader openness and stronger training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Congress
Watergate
Courts of
Joseph Kraft
Richardson
Clarence Kelley
Kelley
J. Edgar Hoover
Kelly
Scotland Yard
Hoover
U. S
Washington
Colson memos show White House probes into prongs of aid
Senate investigators obtained eyes only memoranda detailing two Colson efforts to influence federal action for Nixon allies. One urged disposing of an embezzlement case against F. G. Gualtieri of Pittsburgh Local 154. The other proposed clearing Maryland donor Harry Rodgers III on possible election-law violations. No charges followed against Rodgers. Gualtieri’s charges were later dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
White House
Charles W. Colson
Nixon
Colson
Pittsburgh
F. G. Gaultieri
Richard Howard
Justice Department
Maryland
Harry W. Rodgers III
Gualtieri
Rodgers
Pres
Ent
Ervin Committee
Boilermakers Union Local 154
Mr. Nixon
Don Rogers
Labor
Fred Fielding
John Dean
Fielding
U. S
Hubert Teitlebaum
Howard
Dean
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore
Democrats
Kids Turn To Games Of Strategy
In the late sixties youths focus on strategy games like Risk and Diplomacy to grasp global power dynamics. The piece notes how such play shapes views on world balance, arms, and critical points like the Panama Canal and Singapore straits, against a backdrop of Watergate era politics. It cites Strategic Review, led by Major General Thomas A. Lane, and director retired Admiral Jon S. McCain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Genghis Khan
Panama Canal
Straits
Singapore
U.S
Strategic Review
Thomas A. Lane
U.S. Strategic Institute
Washington, D.C
Jon S. McCain
Fairfax Battles Drunkenness In Washington Area
Fairfax county Virginia shows a surge from 171 drunken driving arrests in 1971 to 4300 in 1972. The Portable Breath Tester aids officers, with law enforcement and private support driving the campaign to curb alcohol related highway deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Potomac
Fairfax County
Chuck Livingston
U.S. Department of Transportation
Livingston
West Virginia University
Racial Progress Slowed by COM PAS Leader
James Farmer of COM PAS argues progress for Black Americans has stalled despite gains since the 1960s. He cites rising poverty, unemployment, education gaps, and infant mortality, and proposes a national, sustained strategy with COM PAS think tanks at Howard University to plan and implement solutions.
Monroe News Star details editors and staff history
The Monroe News Star outlines publisher succession from John C. Ewing to William H. Bronson and lists officers including Mildred Hunt Ewing Edmund Graves Brown Jr Robert Ewing III Paula Wray Ewing and Esther Ewing Wynne. It notes affiliations with Associated Press and Brannam Moloney Company and states the paper is independent and nonpartisan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
William H. Bronson
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Robert Ewing 111
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Wynne
Kenneth C. Barranger
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing, Jr
Paula Wray Ewing
Virginia Clay Hill
John A. Hendrick
Harrison Kelly Wynne
Monroe la
Jack
Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Jack C. Gates
William C. Hardin
City
Associated Press
Vie
Brannam-Moloney Company Nationale
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
Monroe News-Star
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Elliott Richardson
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Jus
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Fred
Richard Kleindienst
Novak
John Chamberlain
Lowell Weicker
Bob Haldeman
New Left
Weicker
Haldeman
Brickman
The
Small Society
Fairfax
By Holmes Alexander
Nixon Dot
Volpe
8Rinegar
James Kemper Jr
Allstate
Nationwide
State Farm
Liberty Mutual
Adam Smith
Kemper
Hennepin County
Minn
Pat Nixon
By Nick Thimmesch
James Farmer
Council On Minority Planning and Strategy
Compas
Committee On Racial Equality
CORE
Census Bureau
Howard University
Council On Minority, Planning and Strategy
Monroe Mews
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