President Nixon under fire over Watergate tapes and court fight
The text argues Nixon is innocent until proven guilty but notes growing public belief in his involvement in Watergate. It describes a pattern of shifting accounts, executive privilege claims, and clashes with Congress and the special prosecutor over tapes and notes. It warns impeachment if subpoenas are ignored and urges release of material to restore government function.
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Richard Nixon
White House
Congress
Sen. Ervin
Senate
Nixon
Sunlight rights in Tokyo face militia style pushbacks
The Christian Science Monitor reports militant homeowner groups in Tokyo halted 82 high rise plans, prompted 220 revisions, and secured 91 compensation cases over sunlight. Tokyo plans a civil minimum of sunlight as a fundamental right, while observers note potential social and business implications amid environmental resistance.
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Japan
The
Christian Science Monitor
Tokyo
the People’s Confederation of
Los Angeles
Tulsa World
Tulsa
Okla
New York's Decline From Garden to City of Rubble
A critic laments urban blight in New York, citing pollution, ruined skyline, and postwar ruin. He notes 40,000 buildings razed since WWI, rising tenements, traffic, and loss of European architectural charm, warning of a city losing beauty and order.
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Lord Tennyson
Rome
Jerusalem
New York
Kate Simon
Ambiguity in obscenity issue prompts a call for freedom
A public figure argues against censorship in theatres and bookstores, urging equal freedom for readers and media. He condemns censorship as tyranny and cites Jefferson to warn that freedom denied to any undermines all. He urges constructive action over opposition.
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Nixon
Agnew
Bethlehem
Thomas Jefferson
Passengers Adjust To Security Checks After Hijacking Threats
A UPI foreign analysis cites Secretary Rogers at the UN while Omaha airport lines form for United flight 172 to New York. Passengers debate removing metal jewelry for security scans as some worry about invasion of privacy on the way to a hijack risk filled journey. A Japan Air Lines jumbo jet incident at Amsterdam follows the scene.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
William P. Rogers
United Nations
Omaha
Neb
United’s
New York
Japan Air Lines
Amsterdam
Rogers urges treaty over hijackers after Boumerdes attack
In a UN general assembly debate, Cyrus Vance oration recounts a hijacking ending in a passenger plane crash near Benghazi with three Palestinians a Japanese and a woman with an Ecuadorian passport killed by a grenade. Rogers calls for suspending air service to nations harboring hijackers and for outlawing such states, though the assembly vetoed his plan for a milder substitute. Plainclothes guards protected delegates amid unprecedented security.
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Benghazi
Libya
Rogers
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Selective Suffering by Dick West
Washington columnist Dick West critiques voluntary gas conservation efforts and proposes a humorous Selective Suffering System where drivers with low draft numbers would be deprived of gasoline. Exemptions for conscientious commuters and Canada moves are discussed in a satirical tone.
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Fermus
Canada
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Robert Herrick
Rudy Vallee
Dick West Washington
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Morton
Scottsdale
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Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Barth Dr
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Ariz
Progress
Arshallublisher
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Doc’ Wright
Audit Bureau of Circulation
National Pewspaper Association
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