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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1974
Page
5
The president granted Richard Nixon a full, free pardon for all offenses during his presidency. The decision, swift and decisive, aims to end the Watergate matter, ease national tensions, and let Nixon testify honestly in trials without risking perjury. Ford’s move frames the pardon as compassionate and judicial, seeking national healing and closure.
The Nixon era pool converted to a press room in the White House may be restored or relocated. White House aides note it was installed in 1938 for Roosevelt and funded by schoolchildren. A new indoor pool would offer security and aesthetic advantages and make the White House more livable.
The San Antonio Express notes President Ford backs a congressional recess after Labor Day with an October start for campaign pauses. It urges Congress to address campaign finance reform, lobbying disclosures, and full funding source reporting, using recess to quiz lawmakers on money and secrecy.
The piece compiles letters and affidavits from Cuban prisoners, smuggled out via priests, detailing late-night arrests, violent raids by Cuban intelligence, family threats, body searches, and coercive interrogations. Former prisoners corroborate some accounts, and the author offers to inspect prisons with Castro’s permission.
An affidavit details brutal interrogation methods in a small office, with threats and insults and forced confessions. Prisoners report extreme conditions at La Cabanas and Isle of Pines camps, including extreme heat and cold, sleep deprivation, beatings, and public humiliation by guards.
A Long Beach reader urges caution about Teamsters ties, cites Reader's Digest claims, and questions press coverage of local motorcycle groups. Another letter urges stopping offshore oil drilling and environmental reviews. A third piece reflects on Watergate and democratic accountability as the 37th president resigns.
A Long Beach note from Colonel G. K. Crockett argues that draft dodgers should not be spared. He favors punishment not vindictive but hard constructive labor for those who returned, condemning special treatment and urging a lawful penalty.
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