Nixon threatens Post over Watergate, new tapes claim
House Judiciary sources say a Sept 15 1972 tape quotes President Nixon vowing to retaliate against the Washington Post for Watergate coverage. He mentions media license actions as the leverage, a transcript excludes as irrelevant, fueling Senate race editor Jonathan Marshall's bid.
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Washington Post
Nixon
Post
House Judiciary Committee
The
Federal Communications Commission
House Committee
Progress
Jonathan Marshall
United States Senate
J.M
Camelback Mountain fate after six years of scrambling
The piece recalls a past Save Camelback campaign led by a City of Phoenix pledge to halt construction above 1500 feet and to create a hikers park with federal funds aided by Secretary of the Interior Stundall. Lady Bird Johnson visited for the celebration, but now housing and roads encroach, leaving few hiking start points and fresh scars on all sides.
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Camelback Mountain
City of
Phoenix
Stundall
Interior
Lady Bird Johnson
Admirers present a mixed fortune of presidential gifts
A column notes how gifts to presidents and families have traveled through museums and private hands. It cites examples from Harding to Nixon, including Faberge pieces, a Volga steamboat, and other artifacts, highlighting ownership questions and diplomatic quirks.
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LBJ
Caracas
U.S
Nixon
Julius
Caesar
Cleopatra
The Lighter Side Left and Right Brain Split
Washington humor column discusses Dr. Robert Ornstein's claim that brain hemispheres handle different tasks. It notes the left stores names and scores while the right recognizes faces, with examples of how anniversaries alarms and tips may be processed separately. It concludes with contrasting functions like tape recorders versus subpoenas.
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Dick West -Washington
UPI
Robert E. Ornstein
Ornstein
Not a Pig After All Says Self Examining Lancelot
A humor piece follows Lancelot Liberell from early pride in anti bigotry through a comic midlife crisis. He confronts ageism and other biases after interactions with family and friends, ending with therapy and a motto that people are people and pigs are pigs.
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Patricia Hearst
Steven Weed
Lancelot Liberell
Lancelot
North
Irvin
Newsweek
Ezra
Laverna
Herbie
Hog Fanciers Journal
New programing suggestions by John D. Lofton Jr
The piece discusses ideas attributed to John D. Lofton Jr critiquing Nixon era policy. It covers budget restraint under William Simon, rejection of peacetime wage and price controls, a move toward nuclear superiority for defense while avoiding direct threat, cautious trade with the Soviet Union, and a stance on detente stressing deeds over words.
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John D. Lofton JR
Washington
Nixon
Roy Ash
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Treasury
William Simon
Simon
America
Soviet Union
United States
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Letter Writing Rules At The Progress
The Progress invites letters to the editor with a 350 word limit and asks writers to include their name and home address for verification. Preference is given to typewritten letters and they should be double spaced.
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McLean
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Cal
Buck May
White House
Atlantic
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F.D.R
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Armand
Victor Hammer
Moscow
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Czarevitch
Alexis
Maxim _Litvinov
Entente
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God Save the Czar
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Hyde Park
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Brandeis University
Waltham
Mass
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Johnson
Pope Paul VI
Vatican
Scottsdale
W. B
Willis Brown
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
Earil
Arizona
Ariz
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Mall
National Newspaper Association
Asloka Newspapers Association
Arthur Hoppe
Byzkowski
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