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Fried Fish. Ervin was a forceful foe of Senator Joe McCarthy when he was indulging in his red-baiting excesses. Ervin was a principal backer of the Bail Reform Act of 1966 that allowed poor people to remain out of jail before their trials if they were reasonable risks. Over the years, he has held many little-publicized hearings looking into Government snooping and surveillance. Finally, as Watergate unfolded, it was as if his entire career were preparatory to this ultimate confrontation with a power-hungry Chief Executive. Fighting the White House on all fronts-from Executive privilege to freedom...
...testimony revealed that yet another Administration cover-up may well have been attempted in that process. Stans and other committee representatives returned to their original corporate contacts and asked them to submit lists of individual donors to cover their gifts. Such disguises are not unusual; a prime backer of Hubert Humphrey, New York Financier John Loeb, was fined earlier this year for funneling a large donation through several employees. Ashland received a letter from Committee Counsel Kenneth Parkinson simply stating that Atkins and his wife would be named as the source of the $100,000 given by Ashland. He assumed...
...surprised the kids aren't out in the streets," one former Nixon backer said. "The more I think about it, I think they should. I wish they would." And in their own way, many Philadelphians have tried to preserve their dignity with some form of protest. They write their congressmen. They sign petitions. They buy new bumper stickers saying "Now Nixon's the one" to cover the faded remains of their old one that read, "Four More Years...
...game was a scoreless deadlock until midway through the third quarter when Wendel, the adjustor (O'Neill's name for a middle line backer-safety), intercepted an errant screen pass and ran it back for a touchdown. James Curry added the point after to make the score...
...Roosevelt Towers seemed to be an answer for a city crowded with homeless veterans. The main speaker at the Towers dedication ceremony was Congressman John F. Kennedy, a backer of the 1949 Federal Public Housing Act, which committed Federal money to public housing...