Supreme Court gag orders threaten press freedom
The Chronicle-Telegram denounces a Nebraska gag order blocking testimony reports and an ongoing ban on reporting the ban. It notes Justice Blackmun's stance and warns that gag rules risk secret trials, undermine the First Amendment, and erode the public's right to know as the court reviews the case.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Harry A Blackmun
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William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Potter Stewart
Sheppard
Ohio
Sam Sheppard
U.S. Supreme Court
Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain County
Thornton Wilder remembered for optimism and life’s gift
A tribute to Thornton Wilder who died at 78, praised for portraying love, life and death in small town settings. The note recalls his line about marriage talks and his enduring impact on literature and high-school audiences.
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Thornton Wilder
Albert the Smallest Speaker Faces Waning Power
Oklahoma congressman Carl Albert, five foot four, rose from coal miner roots to the third most powerful man in the land. Once hailed as a Rhodes Scholar and Demosthenes in voice, he now shows signs of fading influence in Washington while remaining deeply rooted in Oklahoma politics. His critics say leadership is out of touch, yet his home district adores him, naming a main street Carl Albert Parkway and keeping him a constant presence in the Speaker’s suites.
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Washington
Carl Albert
Bugtussle
Okla
Albert
Oklahoma
Rhodes
Oxford
Demosthenes
Sam Rayburn
Washington Partes
Bob Carr
D-Mich
Congress
McAlester
Calleagues Sorrovelilly
Hoover
FBI
Truman
Congressional
Camelot
Barry Goldwater
Lyndon Johnson
Presidents used FBI for politics, not just Hoover
The piece argues that six presidents since Hoover misused the FBI for partisan aims, with Hoover as a willing instrument. It asserts Watergate roots trace to chiefs from FDR to LBJ, notes Hoover’s powers and budgets, and warns that all presidents shared in the temptation to wield state power, urging humility and accountability.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Richard M. Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Congress
Lord Acton
Washington offbeat and the JFK inquiry unfolds
Senate investigators pursue Willam D. Pawley as a CIA link to a Cuban project tied to Oswald. Secret depositions set for 1976 amid claims of withheld evidence and possible Warren Commission impact. Moynihan at Tufts eyed for future post.
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Senate
Willam D. Pawley
John Kennedy
Pawley
Frank Church
CIA
Lee Harvey Oswald
New Orleans
Oswald
Jfk
FBI
Warren Commission
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Gary Hart
D-Colo
Clare Booth Luce
Italy
CLA
Grandpappy Sez on Luck at Airport Waiting
A humorous line notes misfortune as the speaker expects to miss a ship arrival while waiting at an airport. It frames luck as a running gag about travel delays and timing.
Richardson’s Senate win foreshadows a new Commerce chief
Elliot L. Richardson, veteran of Nixon and Eisenhower eras, won Senate Commerce Committee approval as the next secretary of commerce. His record spans HEW, defense, attorney general, and deputy State, with strong press and cautious diplomacy noted, but questions remain about the breadth of experience for the top job and a tougher assignment ahead.
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Elliot L. Richardson
United States
Court of St. James
Senate Commerce Committee
Commerce
Rogers C. B. Morton
Morton
Jerry Ford
Herbert Hoover
Lordly
Richardson
Ford
Rockefeller
Commerce Department
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Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Elliot
Lee
Boston
William P. Rogers
Rogers
State Department
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Robert Pinch
Finch
HEW
John Mitchell
Ethol
Jory Mach
Pentagon
Justice Department
Spiro
Harvard Law School
Cox
Benjamin Franklin Bailor
House Post Office
Dee
Bailor
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