New 'Honor' For Nixon Checks on Ellsberg Case
California bar readers weigh disbarment for President Nixon and John Erlichman over the Ellsberg affair. Judge Byrne dismissed charges against Ellsberg and Russo citing improprieties and concerns about wiretap records and the White House plumbers. The piece also notes East and West Germany move toward normalized relations under a treaty setting the stage for UN entry and broader recognition.
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California
Nixon
John D. Erlichman
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg
Russo
Matthew Byrne
United States District Court
Erlichman
Byrne
FBI
White House
Elisberg
United States
The Innocent Bystander on Team Player Motives
The author recalls Senator Baker questioning a witness Bart Porter who claimed his actions were for the President and due to group pressure to be a team player. The piece contrasts political loyalty with wartime bombings, noting Americans’ relish and questioning the meaning of being a team player in both politics and the military.
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Senator Baker
Tennessee
Bart Porter
Geico
The Allure and Danger of Being a Team Player in Politics
The writer argues that individuals join groups for security and lose personal conscience. He cites Nazism, torture, and Watergate figures as examples of people who followed orders to fit group norms. Responsibility lies with leaders who set moral tone and orders.
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Sam Rayburn
Senator Baker
Country Club
Elks Club
Ku Klux Klan
Jalers
My Lal
Bart Porter
Gand
Vonsherice
Nixon's Watergate remarks fuel public cynicism warns columnist
Norman Kempster argues President Nixon's comparison of Watergate to ordinary politics risks deepening cynicism. He cites Nixon's past inaction, minimization, and mixed signals on investigations, urging firmer action to expose offenders and restore trust in government amid a Gallup poll showing half the public views Watergate as politics as usual.
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Norman Kempster
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Gallupoll
Iceland Faces NATO Strain Over Fishing Waters and Keflavik
Iceland urges NATO Britain to recognize jurisdiction over 50 mile fishing waters and contemplates renewing the Keflavik base accord to oust American forces. Reykjavik cites fishing as 80 percent of exports as cod and herring harvests fall from 308000 to under 250000 tons from 1970 to 1972 amid Soviet submarine and long-range bomber activity in the region.
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NATO
Iceland
Britain
Keflavik
Murmansk
U. S
Mediterranean
Soviet Union
Norway
Denmark
North Atlantic
Fiery cross burned by Beckley Ku Klux Klan
Crowds watched Sunday night as a large cross blazed on Knob Hill in Beckley. Supposed Klan members marked the 17th anniversary of the original Ku Klux Klan and the birth anniversary of Col. Wm. J. Simmons, founder of the modern Invisible Empire.
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Beckley
Knob Hill
Beckley Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Col
Wm. 7. Simmons
Invisible Empire
Bug Dust Facing The Fact Of Death s Ramifications s Vita
The piece reflects on grief after Charles Hodel’s long illness and death, exploring emotional processing, memorial service as therapy, and the need to confront reality. It notes an upcoming service led by Rev. M. M. Warren at Grandview Amphitheatre and lists survivors and political representatives in Washington, D.C.
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Europe
Germany
United Nations
General Assembly
Willy Brandt
Soviet Union
Poland
Pal Newsom
UPI
North Atlantic
Great Circle
America
Lenin
Comintern
Iceland
Britain
John Hodel
Charles Hodel
Antigone
Polyneices
M. M. Warren
Grandview Amphitheatre
Cuddling Not Cheap in Rush Street Clip Joints
Chicago humor columnist Mike Royko recalls Dave Gordon and Gary Wolosin’s night at a Rush Street clip joint the Body Shop. They are lured by two women for cuddling after buying drinks, face a $20.60 tab, and are told to pay what they have, with the manager shrugging that next time avoid buying the girls a drink. Royko notes the encounter as a cautionary tale and adds his skeptical take on the affair.
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Czechoslovakia
East Germany
West Germany
Erich Honecker
Washington Post
Dan Morgan
East
West
Mike Royko
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Rush Street
Salvation Army
Dave Gordon
Gary Wolosin
Dave
Gary
Cincinnati
Body Shop
Smith
Wweren
Paul Newman
Steve McQueen
Alfred E. Newman
State's Attorney's Office
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Washington, D. C
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Washington, D.C
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Cannon House
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