Washington’s 19th century view of women clerks and lobbyists
The piece cites 1869 works by John B. Ellis and Edward Winslow Martin describing women clerks as vulnerable to flattery and dismissal threats on Capitol Hill. It notes scenes of female lobbyists in first class hotels and asserts gendered moral peril in Washington’s political sphere.
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N.Y. Times News
Washington
Capitol Hill
John B. Ellis
National City
Washington City
Chicago
Edward Winslow Martin
Gardner accuses congressmen of demanding sex from staff
Colleen Gardner alleges some Capitol staffers faced pay for sex demands by lawmakers. She claims Rep. John Young pressured women on his staff and names other Democrats including Sen. Mike Gravel Rep. Wayne Hays and retired Rep. Kenneth Gray, all denying criminal wrongdoing.
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G. Evans Witt
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Colleen Gardner
Capitol
Gardner
Red Press
John Young
D-Tex
Young
Sen
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Rep
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Kenneth J. Gray
Illinois
Elizabeth Ray
Hays
Miss Ray
FBI
Mee Lane
Ray
Washington
England
Allan T. Howe
Utah
Salt Lake City
Howe
Mrs. Gardner
Gravel
Gray
Potomac River
National Visitors Center
Ashington
Union Railway Station
Supreme Court declines to review Boston busing desegregation plan
The court leaves intact Garrity's desegregation bus plan desegregating 21 000 students in Boston. The mayor, school committee and residents appealed, while the Justice Department considered curbing federal court power but did not intervene. Violence has erupted in some schools and neighborhoods with police stationed at times.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Boston Sc
U.S. Dist
W. Arthur Garrity Jr
Boston
Kevin H. White
Boston School Committee
Boston Home and School Association
High Court
U.S. Circuit Court
Garrity
Justice Department
Atty
Edward H. Levi
Eee
South Boston High School
Mayor White
Home and School Association
Boston Ae Union O
Teachers Union
Republicans skip by drug question in New Mexico platform
New Mexico Republicans avoid including marijuana decriminalization in the 14 plank platform draft discussed in Albuquerque. Sam Moorhead said the issue was debated but not adopted, with emphasis on education, local control, and the elected judiciary, while the convention on June 26 could modify the platform.
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New Mexico
Chaves County
Sam A. Moorhead
Kenna
Albuquerque
Moorhead
Covention
Richard W
Dick” Corn
W. Mescalero Road
Rusty
Corn
Roswell Considers Multimillion Dollar Luxury Motel Complex
Albuquerque developer Maloof Co eyes building a first class luxury motel on NMMI land near the golf course in Roswell. Negotiations with NMMI Foundation are proceeding with no final agreement yet. Roswell officials and Chamber say a new motel complex is overdue.
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Marian McQuiddy
Roswell
Albuquerque
New Mexico Miitary Inneonan
Maloof
Institute
NMMI
North Main Street
George Maloof
Maloof Co
Nmmi Foundation
Armington
Farmington
Jack H. White
Wwe
White
Dewey S. Stokes Jr
Foundation Real Estate
Stokes
J. Penrod Toles
Nmmi Regents
Rod Starkey
Preston
Treasure hunt halts bombing at White Sands range
At Victoria Peak on White Sands Missile Range a July 6 pause will allow an electronic buried treasure search. Officials say no effort will recover any high density material. Tests, contracted by Expeditions Unlimited and Stanford Research, aim to locate underground voids or possible gold or silver deposits.
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White Sands Missile Range
Victoria Peak
San Andres Mountains
Army
New Mexico
Expeditions Unlimited, Inc
Pompano Beach
Fla
Stanford Research of
California
Clas
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