Nixon Must Resign Over Watergate Cover-Up
An editorial urges President Nixon to resign, citing taped transcripts showing planning of the Watergate cover-up and lies to the nation. It argues impeachment looming in the House and possible Senate conviction, calling for voluntary departure to preserve democratic integrity.
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Nixon
House of Representatives
Senate
Richard Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
White House
Haldeman
CIA
FBI
Mitchell
Armee People
John Ehrlichman
The
United States
Seattle police skeptic ponders wild rocketeer cases
In Seattle, Captain Herbert Swindler and investigators weigh astrology and other extreme methods in a strange week of disappearances involving six young women and a four year old girl. Officials remain cautious while locals joke about the Rockefeller conspiracy and pets in the afterworld.
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Riverside
Spirit World
Tabby
Iowa
Seattle
Capt. Swindler
Civil rights movement turns reflective in summer of 1974
A 1974 civil rights assessment notes a quieter season with major groups holding operation modes. Leaders cite shifts from mass demonstrations to political and economic tactics, while aging pioneers exit and new tensions test integration and strategy.
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Washington
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Aulanta
San Francisco
National Urban League
Miami Beach
National Welfare Rights Organization
Operation Push
People United To Save Humanity
Memphis
Martin Luther Kingle
Whitney Young Jr
George Wiley
Welfare Rights Group
James Farmer
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
The
Urban League
Johnson
South
Atlantic City
Selina
Ala
Jesse L. Jackson
Nixon jewel records theft claims swirl in Washington
A sensational column alleges President Nixon’s jewelry records were hastily moved from Shaw and Dussinger by Nixon kin amid claims of “thick hooks” listing First Family gems. It cites $5 656 earrings, the First Lady’s taste, and a cousin’s role as insurer while noting broader Vietnam veteran draft retirements and retailer Pushback against consumer protection agency.
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Pat Nixon
Washington
Bebe Rehozo
Senate Valegate Committee
Tricia Cox
Julie Eisenhower
Tricia
Rose Mary Woods
National Retail Merchants Age Operation
Consumer Protection Agency
Montgomery Ward
Edward Donnell
Letters to the Editor Responds to Speed Limit Debate
A reader defends higher speed limits citing safer highways and improved car design while criticizing distractions and driver errors. The letter praises driver education and warns against unprovoked attacks. A second note calls for independent enforcement to curb campaign money from big donors and reduce influence.
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H. J. Asher
Asher
California
A&m.p.h
Campaign reform letter cites Hosmer on finance laws
Rep Craig Hosmer says he cannot decide on voting for the campaign reform bill and favors keeping current laws if candidates comply. Common Cause criticizes enforcement as weak, urging a mixed private public financing system and urging readers to write their congressman now.
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Craig Hosmer
House Administration Committee
Common Cause
Politicians face bias over relatives working for them
The text argues that politicians are stereotyped as corrupt and that restrictions on relatives working for politicians unfairly target them, while other professionals such as store managers doctors or dentists may employ relatives without issue.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Dartmouth
Ment
Paul Delaney
New York Times News Service
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Ford
Percy E. Sutton
Manhattan
Hang Olit
Jewel Records
Shaw and Dussingar
Edward 0. Sullivan
New York City
John Shaw
Sullivan
William Dussinger
Thas
New York
Pat
America
Vietnam
Army
Jack Anderson
Bill Appel Carson
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