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...ward off a recurrence of the cancer that necessitated amputation of his leg last November. Doctors suggested that a nurse visit the Kennedy home, but the Senator demurred. Instead, he is learning to wield the needle himself so that he can give the painful and unsettling treatments and help allay the boy's fears...
...Tenured professors would feel the additional obligation of U.S. senators to disclose all outside income from consulting, private business activities, speaking engagements, royalties, interest and dividends to allay any suspicions that such outside income might influence their objectivity or might distract them from the life of quiet reflection which it is the purpose of life tenure to assure...
...stay on as his personal adviser in order to achieve "a closer coordination between the White House and the departments." Kissinger will therefore have offices in both places-and greater powers than any Secretary since John Foster Dulles. At his own press conference the next day, Kissinger sought to allay any suspicions that he might try to take advantage of his dual position to avoid congressional scrutiny. On the contrary, he promised, he will testify freely and conduct an "open" foreign policy...
...saying whether the French would be any more eager to put Paris on the line for Berlin. At any rate Europeans are anxious to have assurances of a U.S. nuclear umbrella. It was partly to allay that anxiety that Washington invited West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel to Washington last week for hastily arranged talks with Nixon and Kissinger. Scheel presumably re-emphasized German fears that the Nixon-Brezhnev agreement robs NATO of nuclear credibility and opens the door to Soviet blackmail...
...East bloc nations are not the only unknown quantities heading for Helsinki. Among the Western nations, France especially remains somewhat leary of the conference, not to mention the force-reduction talks. On his way home from Washington, Brezhnev called on French President Georges Pompidou to help allay French fears that the Soviet boss's talks with Nixon might have weakened Western European defense strategy. Despite ten hours of togetherness-mostly in what used to be Marie Antoinette's boudoir in the Château de Rambouillet, 28 miles southwest of Paris-Brezhnev failed to mention...