Nixon Watergate tapes and IRS data access raise concerns
A Watergate era tape reveals Nixon asking if aides needed IRS information on political enemies. The piece notes the IRS would share return details by phone with just name address and SSN, prompting calls for security reviews and a written signature requirement to curb disclosures.
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Richard Nixon
Oval Office
Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
John Dean
White House
Internal Revenue Service
Nixon White House
IRS
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Tax Agency
Wilson Fadely
Washington
UPI
U.S
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
Missouri
John Danforth
Sen
Eagleton
Danforth
Finance Committee
Letters on power greed and heroes in modern America
A reader laments plutocratic influence, Nero and Hitler comparisons, and the loss of public heroes while urging citizen action. Other letters discuss SPCA distemper outreach, vaccination, and fire safety education from a VFW auxiliary. The mix critiques society and public service alike.
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the Star
America
Dorian Gray
Nero
Rome
Land of the
Free
Hitler
Winc Radio
SPCA
Frederick County
Clarke County
West Virginia
Judy Anderson
P.O
Stephens City
Ladies Auxiliary
VFW
Gene Dailey
Dailey
Behind the White House Accord A Broad Cast of Peacemakers
The piece credits a wide range of figures beyond Carter Begin and Sadat for the Middle East peace effort. It highlights Kissinger Brzezinski Vance Dayan and various Senators diplomats and opposition voices whose bipartisan support and quiet work helped move a historic but incomplete treaty forward.
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New York Times
Washington
Middle East
Carter
Begin
Sadat
White House
Iran
Sen
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Jack Javits
New York
U.S
Senate
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Bob Dole
Kansas
Lowell Weicker
John Anderson
Illinois
Labor Party
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Moshe Dayan
Vance
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Atherton
Kissinger
Hanan Baron
Cairo
Closing In on the Last Tycoon
Washington report on Henry Ford II facing grand jury probes and stockholder challenges over Indonesian bribery claims. The piece notes Paul Lorenz immunity, Lee Iacocca's testimony notes, and Ford's planned retirement while his brother William Clay Ford may lead. It frames Ford as a fading mogul amid a legal and family power struggle.
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New York Times
Washington
Henry Ford II
FBI
Federal
U.S
ITT
Ford
Ford Company
Paul Lorenz
Justice
Henry Ford
Harold Webb
Richard Beckler
Webb
Lee Iacocca
Chrysler
Justice Department
Iacocca
Indonesia
Mr. Ford
Roy Cohn
Sinatra
Cohn
Henry
William Clay Ford
Emigence Grise
Edsel
Benson
Benson Jr
Michigan
Benson Ford Jr
Roy M. Cohn
Motorecar
Califano Promotes Health Plan Seeks New System
Secretary Califano traveled to New York on a presidential mission to unveil details of a government and employer shared health program. The plan contemplates mixed funding, cost containment, and a new hospital accounting system to curb Medicare and Medicaid fraud, amid questions on who pays.
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Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Washington
Joe Califano
New York City
Carter
Califano
Congress
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Bond
Doctors of America
Senate
Joe
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