Police corruption shocks nation and spurs reform calls
A major wave of police corruption reports spans Chicago New York and other cities with an undercover New York officer uncovering internal complicity and the FBI alleging five black Chicago officers aided narcotics dealers in killings. Calls grow for reform and a new police leadership as trials loom. Martha Mitchell's public ruptures add political heat as Nixon aides face scrutiny.
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Chicago
New York
Richard Daley
Bailiwick
John Lindsay
FBI
Chicago River
Sanitary and Ship Canal
Supreme Court Obscenity Ruling Delayed This Session
The Supreme Court delays ruling on obscenity this session and is expected to adjourn Thursday. The spring term produced many cases with wide-ranging impacts on public life, and a clear standard on obscenity remains uncertain amid calls for national guidelines.
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Supreme Court
Republican cloak and dagger security at Watergate
The piece profiles James Walter McCord Jr a 58 year old ex CIA officer hired by the GOP for security at the Nixon re election effort and at the DemocraticNational Committee offices in the Watergate complex. It questions the need for a former spy with breaking entering, eavesdropping and theft skills and notes McCord's roles with both the RNC and the campaign. The commentary casts doubt on the rationale and ethics of employing such tactics in a political operation.
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Washington
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Henry Kissinger
GOP
Democratic
James Walter McCord Jr
CIA
McCord
O’brien
Republican National Committee
White House
Secret Service
John Mitchell
Nixon
Mitchell
Edward Bennett Williams
Republican
Joe McCarthy
Democratic Senate
Mike Mansfield
Ron Ziegler
Least Harm Standard in a Politician’s Market
A columnist argues it is better to back the candidate who does the least harm amid overtaxed and overregulated politics. He critiques McGovern and Nixon on military policy and reason, weighs promises like a $1000 per person grant versus a $5 billion food stamp plan, and contemplates how parties handle primaries and national strategy.
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Washington
U. S
Fortune Magazine
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Bubblehead
White House
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
Nixon
Sen. McGovern
McGovern
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Giap
Moscow
Peking
Middle East
Reasonshmeason
King Features Syndicate
FBI
President Signs Bill Reluctantly to Aid Education
President Nixon signed a 19 billion education bill amid friction with a Democratic Congress over school busing. He faulted Congress for failing to set national desegregation standards and for not limiting or pausing current court-ordered busing, calling the action a retreat from responsibility.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
92Nd Congress
93Rd
President faults federal education bill as inadequate
The Small Society criticizes the moratorium as a clever political evasion and illusory relief. The President notes the $19 billion three year federal aid plan as a start but says it fails to address court-ordered desegregation costs, community tensions, and broader educational funding crises.
I RevolveE In Live And Let Live As Long As Im Not Charged
The statement centers on a demand for personal freedom while avoiding criminal charges. It frames a general stance on action and accountability without detailing specific events or individuals.
Court Decision Casts Pall Over Washington Bugging
A Supreme Court ruling bars the Justice Department from bugging or wiretapping without court approval, casting a pall over Washington where being tapped was once a mark of status. The piece discusses spies, journalists, and protestors now facing surveillance limits and hints private industry may fill the gap.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
FBI
Monroe News-Star Staff and Publisher History and Reach
The Monroe News-Star’s publishing history lists John D. Ewing as publisher 1929 to 1938 and Wilson Ewing 1938 to 1952 with Robert Ewing Jr as chairman 1957 to 1970. The paper is published daily except Saturdays and Sundays by News-Star-World Publishing Corp at Monroe Louisiana with a roster of officers including William H. Bronson as president and director and Paula Wray Ewing among other named directors. The Associated Press provides news dispatches and the paper notes its editorial stance and national affiliations.
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John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
News-Star—World Publising Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
William H. Bronson
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Robert Ewing II
Patricia King Hendrick
Esther Ewing Wynne
Kenneth C. Barranger
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing, Jr
Paula Wray Ewing
Helen Clay Hall
Harrison Kelly Wynne
William
Bronson
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Mar. C. Gates
William C
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
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Confederation of Police
Daley
James Conlisk
Conlisk
Martha
Martha Mitchell
Yo Sum
Haldeman
Ehlichman
John Chamberlain
By David Lawrence
The
Small Society
Art Buchwald
Charles
Ethel
Jeff
Sam la Barbe
Students’ Committee Against Students
Agnew
Kleindienst
Helen
Monroe News-Star
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