Bobby Baker Case Strikes Back With New Indictments
The Bobby Baker saga, once dubbed the Johnson era’s strangest scandal, resurfaced as a DC federal grand jury indicted Baker on nine counts. He is accused of receiving 137000 dollars under false pretenses and evading taxes, with payments tied to California savings banks routed through attorneys. Baker, once trusted by Lyndon Johnson, faces court scrutiny independent of the Senate.
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Johnson
Robert
Bobby) Baker
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Baker
District of Columbia
Grand Jury
California
Washington
Edward Bennett Williams
Capital Bar
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters Union
U.S
Marguerite Higgins War Reporter Dies From Tropical Illness
The famed Pulitzer Prize winner Marguerite Higgins, noted for front line Korea coverage, died of a tropical parasite contracted during her journalistic travels. Her colleague Dickey Chappelle was killed in Vietnam. Higgins sacrificed personal comfort for truth in service to readers.
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Marguerite Higgins
Dickey Chappelle
Viet Nam
Maggie
Korea
New English and Old Politics Clash in Language Debate
The Wall Street Journal notes a push from the Modern Language Association toward a new English teaching approach that favors usage over rigid grammar rules. It questions whether common preference equals correctness and warns the new method may falter on that point, echoing Old Politics.
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New Math
New
Michael F. Shugrue
Modern Language Association of America
Dick and
Jane
Shugrue
Wall Street Journal
He Just Huffed and Puffed and That Was It
Local scene recounts a brief, comical incident where a figure huffed and puffed in frustration before exiting. No injuries or lasting impact noted, and witnesses described the moment as brief and humorous.
Johnson Seeks Budget Tricks to Preserve Great Society
President Johnson uses intricate budget maneuvers to fund Great Society priorities amid Vietnam war pressures. Officials say he aims to avoid curtailing education health and scientific programs, while allowing defense costs and stalled welfare projects to reshape outlays for 1986 87.
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Johnson
White House
Congress
Great Society
The Poor Man's Philosopher on Pop Culture Trivia
Hal Boyle recalls how trivia from comics, radio, and early TV shaped memory of cultural icons. He notes how figures like Batman, Red Ryder, Superman, The Green Hornet, Captain Marvel, and others linger in minds, while acknowledging the limits of recall and the shift from mythic initials to modern detail.
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New York
Jack Armstrong
Bruce Wayne
Batman
Dickie Grayson
Robin
Wild Bill Elliott
Don Red Barry Tam
Green Hornet
Britt Reid
Kato
Superman
Krypton
Daily Planet
Lois Lane
Terry and the
Pirates
Stanton named to Supreme Bench. Frederick streets icy
Fifty years ago in The News Post January 11, 1916 Gov Goldsborough appoints Robert F. Stanton to the Supreme Bench to fill a vacancy after a justice's death. Frederick streets are icy and hazardous as Citizens note slippery pavements. Weather Bureau forecasts colder conditions. Austro-Hungarian forces near the Asiatic Sea amid heavy fighting around Cattarro.
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Robert F. Stanton
Board of Police Commissioners
Baltimore
Gov. Goldsborough
Supreme Bench
Frederick
Weather Bureau
Twenty Years Ago in The News Post January 11 1946
Frederick held normal local telephone service amid a developing national strike though many long distance calls failed. Calls to Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia, or New York were not being accepted. The State Road Commission began spot patching Market and Patrick streets after an ordinance transferred a street easement to the commission for highway use. Admiral Husband E. Kimmel relayed war orders to Admiral William F. Halsey before the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack, urging to sink every Japanese ship found, per released evidence.
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Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
State Road Commission
Market
Patrick Streets
Husband E. Kimmel
William F. Halsey
Pearl Harbor
Halsey
Transit strike needs fair tribunal for city pay
Washington Today argues for a special tribunal to study New York City transit workers pay and related city wage scales. It contends union leaders should return workers to duty while the mayor approves an equity-based review, reducing reliance on strikes and coercion. The piece urges broader government wage standards and transparency to reflect taxpayers' interests and ensure competent service.
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City of New York
Lindsay
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