Nixon Watergate doubt lingers on the order question
An influential Republican source believes H.R. Haldeman likely knew if Nixon ordered the 1972 spying and sabotage. The memo argues Nixon might not have ordered the activities and could have stopped them, but confirms little about direct involvement. The piece notes departures from the White House and the unsettled issue of who issued the orders.
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Nixon
H.R
Bob) Haldeman
Haldeman
U.S. Senate
Democratic Party
Peking
Moscow
Senate
FBI
Patrick Gray
White House
Editorials on Radio Free Europe and Tomcat Costs
The piece notes 44 million dollars as the annual cost of the F-14 Tomcat program and compares it to the budgets of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. It recounts funding shifts from CIA to the State Department, ongoing congressional scrutiny, and the stations' wide Eastern European listenership amid jamming efforts. It highlights Fulbright's critique and Eisenhower commission reviews.
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U.S
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
Washington
Europe
Poland
Czechyslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Soviet Union
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
East
Congress
Nixon
Milton Eisenhower
Central Intelligence Agency
State Department
United States
West
East Europe
Banks Fueled Dollar Flight in Crisis Driven by Loans Abroad
U S banks significantly contributed to dollar outflows into German marks and Japanese yens during the monetary crisis. The analysis warns misreading the activity could push a restrictive policy that hurts domestic growth, urging a clear Fed statement to curb recessionary expectations.
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John Cunniff
NEW York
John Wright
Wright
Wright Advisory Service
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Germany
Japan
U.S
New York City
Federal Reserve
Tis
Burns
Open Letter Addresses Public Criticism of You
An AP special column by Ryan Williams presents an open letter styled as a critique of a public leader. The author catalogs frequent insults and failures blamed on the subject, including corruption accusations, welfare claims, crime enforcement, and foreign policy missteps, ending with self-reflection on collective guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Ryan
United States
Washington
New Zealand Proposes Plant Varieties Patent Bill
Wellington AP report states New Zealand introduces the Plant Varieties Bill to the House of Representatives to let horticulturists patent new plant varieties. Breeders seek protection to curb overseas plagiarism during the southern summer recess.
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Wellington
New Zealand
House of Representatives
Today in history highlights for March 23, 1973
On this date in history notable events include Mussolini founding a political movement in 1919 and Handel's Messiah premiered in 1743. Also Henry's liberty or death speech in 1775 and Roosevelt's 1909 safari to Africa are noted.
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Associated Press
Benito Mussolini
Italy
London
George II
George Frederick Handel
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Richmond
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Africa
Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
World War I armistice signed in a railroad car in France
A quiz item notes the armistice ended World War I was signed in a railroad car in France on November 11, 1918. It also covers details about The Yellow Kid, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, Truman's 1949 telecast, Tanganyika and Zanzibar forming Tanzania, Nazareth in the Old Testament, Humphrey Bogart, and the first 700 without bars in Denver in 1915.
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France
Harry S. Truman
Tanganyika
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Nazareth
Breakup of bureaucratic cliques urged to aid presidential control
The piece argues that only drastic reorganization of civil service structures can empower presidents to move entrenched officials. It notes loopholes allow shifts when agencies are reorganized or divisions moved, enabling the removal of career cliques without violating employment protections.
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Washington
NEA
United States
Nixon
Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Truman
Congress
White House
Words of Concern For Wounded Knee
David Poling argues the Wounded Knee confrontation reveals a history of U S mistreatment of Native Americans. He stresses tribal sovereignty, BIA reform, and decrying federal action without tribal council consent while warning of potential violence if AIM pressure grows.
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Justice Department
Wounded Knee
United States
Bluecoats
Redskins
New York Herald
Seventh Cavalry
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Nixon
AIM
Pine Ridge Reservation
South Dakota
BIA
Tribal Council
U.S
Whitey
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Paul VI
Utah
Skull Valley
Cambodia
Joan Crawford
Bernadette Devlin
Wernher von Braun
Dante
the Yellow Kid
R. F. Outcault
New York World
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Brooklyn
Staten Island
Humphrey Bogart
Denver, Colo
Ray Cromley
By Roger Bollen
David Poling, D.D
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