Editorial: Moscone’s bad proposal stalls Reagan appointments
Seventeen state senate Democrats urge blocking Reagan appointees whose terms outlast his. They claim will of the people rests on an unheld election, prompting a veto tactic that would halt government. The piece argues against delaying governance and defends presidential trust.
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Senate Democrats
Reagan
Senate Rules Committee
George Moscone
San Francisco
Aunja Board
Ing
Moscone
Ronald Reagan
George Mostone
French election arithmetic points to Giscard d Estaing victory
The analysis notes May 19 results favor Valery Giscard d Estaing when adding Gaullist Jacques Chaban Delmas and former minister Jean Royer against Socialist Francois Mitterand. Mitterand led on Sunday but polls overestimated support, and Communist backing may be weaker in the runoff. Uncertainty remains over Gaullist unity and voter turnout.
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Valery Giscard d
Mitterand
Chaban-Delmas
d'Astaing
Millerand
Letters to the Editor on Watergate Tape Coverage
Mrs Allen A Steele of North Long Beach writes praising coverage of Watergate tape transcripts and urges thorough consideration of all possibilities, including hush money payments, as essential given the case's seriousness and the President's responsibility.
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United States
Allen A. Steele
North Long Beach
Watergate holiday idea and Alaska forest cut plan
A reader proposes a national Watergate end day as a holiday. Another letter warns against government clearcutting of Tongass National Forest Alaska with a 945 million board feet yearly export contract mainly to Japan. A college student report praises Long Beach City College Spring Sing and its busy production team balancing schedules.
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Tongass National Forest
Alaska
Japan
Long Beach City College
F. W. Dewitt
Long Beach
AID Fights Congress on Viet aid
The Nixon administration presses to bypass a 300 million ceiling on South Vietnam aid. AID reprograms Pakistan funds and diverts development money from Indonesia and Colombia to Vietnam, seeking 114 million in supplemental and development loans. Congress critics call the maneuver evasive and defiant.
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AID
Congress
Washington
UPL
South Vietnam
Nixon
Saigon
Indonesia
Colombia
Agency For International Development (Aid
ASD
Vietnam
Pakistan
Senate
ANC
Daniel Parker
House
Otto Pussman
Dia
Dan
Rep. J. Edward Roush
D-Ind
Wallace eyes third party threat to Democrats in 1976
Montgomery Alabama governor George C Wallace, renominated smoothly, warns he may form a new party if Democratic rules alienate the average citizen. Wallace allies urge a 1975 decision on delegations as Wallaceites push for a potential 5 million vote third party option.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
National Democratic Party
Gov. Wallace
Wallace
Robert Strauss
Strauss
Compliance Review Commission
CRC
William France
Daytona Beach
Fla
American Independent Party
France
Mali Timanus
Texas
Kansas City
John Birch Society
South
Democratic Party
National Party
Nixon misled by friends as Watergate saga unfolds
Washington view argues Nixon trusted aides steered the White House through a web of potential coverups and payoffs. The March 21 talk with Dean and Haldeman is seen as central, suggesting the President was guided by Sam TAR and John Dean toward difficult choices, with calls for clemency and possible payoffs. The analysis notes uncertainty and hints Nixon may have been pulled into the outline of a coverup.
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Washington
John Liven
White House
Nixon
James St. Clair
Dean
H.R. Haldeman
William O. Bulman
I. Howard Kunt
Hunt
Watergate Committee
St. Clair
Munt
Kilsberg
John Dean
Haldeman
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Rawland
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Wilson
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