Nixon Expands Executive Power Amid Congress Standstill
President Nixon extends executive influence by issuing orders to implement reforms from his stalled reorganization plan. He designates counselors to coordinate cross department programs, reshaping domestic governance and shifting lawmaking power from Congress to the White House, alarming strict constitutionalists.
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Norman Kempster
Washington
UPI
White House
Nixon
Congress
Capitol Hill
State
Treasury
Defense
Justice
Shultz
John D. Erlichman
Erlichman
Capitol
Chinese acrobats see U S pandas at National Zoo
Seventy seven Chinese acrobats visiting Washington watched Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing perform as guards escorted the group through the National Zoo. The visitors from Shenyang laughed as Ling Ling pulled bamboo from the ground and rolled onto her back to chew.
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Washington
UPI
Ling-Ling
Hsing-Hsing
United States
National Zoo
Shenyang
China
Keota Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Travel
Judy Herr vacationing with her parents in Keota from December 20 to January 26 plans to rejoin Ottumwa school at the end of January. Several locals hosted relatives and friends visiting Iowa, Florida, and abroad, with travel to Des Moines, North Chatworth, and Lancaster noted.
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Leon Vogel
Victor Vogel
Des Moines
William Werning Jr
Bill Werning
Washington, D.C
Saigon
Wernings
Larry Werning
Clinton
John Werning
Oxford
Mary Werning
Mike Earley
Anna Werning
John Hinricks
Pete Werning
Lynn
Tom
Cedar Rapids
Genevieve Lyle
Keota
Dreaming of Four Hearts Trick in Bridge Column
A reader recounts a dreamlike bridge hand where South attempts to force four hearts against Wests notrump and doubles. The writer describes clever discards and finesses, then the endplay aborts as a wakeful interruption ends the tale.
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Mr. Becker
West
Constant Reader
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Dale E. Longwell
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