Buzhardt on competence versus honesty in leadership
A column recounts J Fred Buzhardts comments on public officials and moral codes amid Watergate. It questions whether competence or integrity should guide presidential choices and argues that honesty ultimately prevails despite appeals to realpolitik.
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J. Fred Buzhardt
Richard M. Nixon
Jon Buchan
Charlotte Observer
Buzhardt
White House
Secret plan to assassinate drug lords debated in Nixon era
Secret inter agency discussions from 1969 to 1971 show officials including G Gordon Liddy considered assassination squads to crush international narcotics trafficking in Burma France Lebanon and Turkey. Plans to flood markets with harmless heroin substitutes were discussed but dropped.
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Central Intelligence Agency
Burma
France
Lebanon
Turkey
White House
G. Gordon Liddy
United States
Inter-Agency
Liddy
CIA
Bangkok
Foreign Service
U.S
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Manila
Phnom Penh
Rangoon
Saigon
Vientiane
State Department
Nixon
Cabinet
William Rogers
Defense, Justice
Treasury Departments
United Nations
Rogers
The Edelin Verdict and the Baby Versus Fetus Debate
The column defends the baby label in the Edelin manslaughter case, denounces the use of fetus as dehumanizing, and urges readers to advocate for adoption and to write letters opposing the terminology. It notes jurors believed the baby was alive at removal and questions the legal implications for abortion rights and medical research.
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Paul A. Warner
Warner
Oberlin Savings Bank Co
Ohio School of Banking
Ohio Bankers Association
Boy Scouts
American Cancer Society
Oberlin
Elyria
Kenneth C. Edelin
Boston
Sion
Edelin
Edlin
Dr. Edelin
Washington Focus on Dysfunction in 1976 Nominee Race
Dissident factions in both major parties lack programs and a unifying candidate. Mondale Udall Harris losses for Democrats. Reagan not ready to lead Republicans. Polls show high disapproval of Ford’s economic plan yet Ford leads in head-to-head races. Third parties failed to win the White House. Vietnam peace terms alleged violations cited amid renewed fighting. Unspent election funds exceed $20 million and prompt calls for refunds.
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Walter Mondale
D-Minn
Morris Udall
D-Aniz
Fred Harris
D-Okla
California
Ronald Reagan
GOP
Lous Harris
Ford
Congress
White House
United States
Prohibition Party
Bull Moose
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
Henry Wallace
Strom Thurmond
Harry Truman
George Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Vietnam
Hanoi
Saigon
Paris
Letters Keep dogs tied
A Chronicle Telegram reader urges neighbors to tether or pen dogs to prevent harm to animals and near misses with cars. The writer recounts a black dog dragged by an accident victim and expresses sadness at the animal’s death, blaming owners for lax control and stressing insistence on keeping dogs restrained.
Rumors and myths outlasting fact in American history
The author argues rumors about FDR and JFK persist despite evidence. He recites Booth’s burial, Yalta outcomes, and Oswald’s lone-gunman role, citing interviews and papers while urging readers to seek medical articles and reprints for the truth.
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Capital Prison
Edwin
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Yalta
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Germany
China
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Roosevelt
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