Journalist Militant Bias in Nixon Watergate Debate
The piece labels Milton Vierst as an anti-Nixon substitute columnist whose column accuses Nixon of fabricating the Agnew affair to protect his tenure. It contrasts liberal overkill with measured journalistic criticism and notes public approval of Nixon's San Clemente press conference amid ongoing Watergate coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Nixon
Agnew
United States
Anti - Nixon Press
Milton Viorst
Washington Star Syndicate
Viorst
Richard Nixon
Congress
National Observer
James Perry
Perry
Washington
San Clemente
Christian Science Monitor
Milton Vierst
Maryland
Haldeman - Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman-Haldeman
Henry Petersen
Petersen
Ellsberg
Clark MacGregor
Record of weapons found at airports rises in second quarter
The Federal Aviation Agency notes a 140 percent rise in detected weapons from the first quarter to the second, with explosives up from 30 to 181 and the “other” category expanding to include ice picks and spear guns. Handguns fell from 504 to 390 as magnetometers deter metal weaponry. In total nearly 12,000 weapons were uncovered, with some innocents carrying nonlethal items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Aviation Agency
Honest government and the danger of public dishonesty
The piece cites Thomas Jefferson on government honesty and condemns public officials who ignore rules. It highlights Mississippi cases where two Jones County supervisors oversaw road work with non bidding firms, kept no records, and bypassed board procedures. The state seeks 367,809 in recovery for illegal road work as part of broader corruption concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
Mississippi
County Board of Supervisors
Jones County
Nixon ties innocence claim to Haldeman Ehrlichman defense
Washington report notes President Nixon publicly links total innocence to Haldeman and Ehrlichman, a gamble affecting future indictments and the Watergate defense. Aides fear Cox may indict them. Burdahrt memo deflated that defense. Nixon’s tape disclosure to Haldeman raises further scrutiny and sharpens internal split.
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Washington
Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
White House
San Clemente
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Archibald Cox
John W. Dean TH
Richard M. Nixon
Cox
Grand Jury
J. Fred Burthardt
Dean
Senate Watergate Committee
Burhardt
Justice Department
Haldeman - Ehrlichman
Social Democrats ridicule Watergate era politics and the New Left
Washington D C The semi monthly New America from the Social Democrats U S A offers sharp critique of the New Left and Nixon era politics It mocks the Watergate gang and highlights tensions within American liberal groups praising old line labor and Debs era values while noting electoral misfires of Scoop Jackson Humphrey and McGovern
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Washington
KFL
New America
Social Democrats
The
Socialist Party
New York
AFL - Cio
Philip Randolph Institute
Chicket
Eugene Debs
George Meany
Democratic Party
Firehouse Gang
John P. Roche
Scoop Jackson
Hubert Humphrey
Hook and Ladder
Henry Scoop Jackson
Jackson
Humphrey
George McGovern
al Smith
Samuel Gompers
Nixon
Churchill
Samuel Gompa
Nixon tapes and Ervin hearings spark partisan debate
North Carolina YAF delegates and Ripon supporters weigh Nixon's Watergate fallout. Behn argues for legitimate White House power limits while calling for proof against dirty tricks. He urges Nixon to reveal tapes to reduce we versus they rhetoric as the Ervin Committee prepares to reconvene.
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North Carolina
Young Americans For Freedom
YAF
Washington
Sam Ervin
Senate
Yafers
White House
Ervin
Richard Nixon
Supreme Court
Nixon
Ripon Society
Students
Robert D. Behn
Durham
Ripon Forum
Mr. Behn
Cambodia
Hanoi
OFO
Office of Economic Opportunity
Ripon
Robert Behn
Behn Jis
E. Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Daniel Ellsberg
Creep
McGovern
Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Dick Tuck
Donald Segretti
Muskie
Warren Harding
Grover Cleveland
Dean
Franklin Roosevelt
Ervin Committee
Bard and Nixon Echo in Washington Theatre Collision
A reader compares Shakespearean themes with current U S politics as the Ervin Committee scene and two major theaters debut with plays on governance. The piece juxtaposes Nixon’s TV appearance with Julius Caesar and reflects on power, censorship, and societal upheaval amid cultural productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Committee
American Shakespeare Theater
Lo Hardin
Dallas Civic Opera
Eisenhower Theater
Monroe News Star masthead and staff biographies
The Monroe News-Star published in Monroe Louisiana details its publisher succession from John D. Ewing to Wilson Ewing and Robert Ewing III era, with various officers and directors, and lists editorial staff and advertising representatives. It notes independent newspaper stance and AP affiliation.
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John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Eray Jr
William H. Bronson
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Robert Ewing III
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Jensen
Kenneth Co. Barranger
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing, Jr
Pavia Wray Ewing
Virginia Clay Hill
John A. Hendrick
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. ‘Brown
Jack C. Gates
William _C
Monroe News-Star
Polia
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Journal
Jefferson
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Evans
Mr. Nixon
Novak
Oval Office
Social Democrates
Watergate
By Kevin Phillips
John Chamberlain
By Holmes Alexander
Housatonic River
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Anthony
Caesar
Republic
John Kennedy
Texas
Scotland
Duke
Vienna
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