Word: affair
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Washington files were Teletyped to New York, where Associate Editor Ed Magnuson wrote the cover story. In the past five weeks he has written our cover story on Senator Sam Ervin, who is directing an investigation of the affair, and our cover on L. Patrick Gray's contested nomination as FBI director-two stories spawned by the Watergate disclosures...
...moving most frantically to clear himself was John Ehrlichman, who has long worked intimately with Haldeman and thus could be tainted. Justice Department officials say he was the source of some news leaks about others in the affair through intermediaries, and his friends were saying that he had long opposed the secretive handling of the whole scandal. Haldeman and Ehrlichman last week both retained a lawyer, who said he would "consult with them and advise them on phases of what has become known as the Watergate case...
...March 29, former Attorney General John Mitchell said: "I deeply resent the slanderous and false statements about me concerning the Watergate matter reported as being based on hearsay and leaked out. I have previously denied any prior knowledge of or involvement in the Watergate affair and again reaffirm such denials...
...bizarre charges became known only after Long's widow Florence, 60, filed a $3,250,000 suit charging the secretary with alienation of her husband's affections. Long had been having an affair with Miss Dunlop, according to the widow's suit, since before 1968, the year he lost his Senate seat amid charges of corrupt dealings with officials of the Teamsters Union. Mrs. Long also petitioned the court to determine the assets of his estate, claiming in an affidavit that Miss Dunlop, 46, and two other employees "have concealed or embezzled or otherwise unlawfully held" property...
UNLESS BIAGGI is completely vindicated, the obvious winner in this bizarre affair will be Abe Beame. Beame has been a good Comptroller, even if at times unable to resist petty attacks on Lindsay, whom he has never forgiven for his defeat in 1965. Beame is not regarded as terribly imaginative, but his integrity is unquestioned. Jewish voters who might normally vote for Blumenthal can pull the lever for Beame without a trace of guilt, as Beame occupies the solid center of the political spectrum. With only five weeks left before the primary, Biaggi will have to recover very fast from...