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Major Benjamin Coxson's troubles worsened when he moved into the White House. Not the one in Washington, D.C., but one in Camden, N.J., that Coxson has been remodeling to look like the original. The idea was to dramatize his candidacy as a political independent in the city's mayoral race next year. It worked so well, he says, that a political enemy asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate him, and he was subsequently hit with an outstanding $80,000 claim. While Coxson was trying to appeal the case, the feds moved in and seized his white...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Pedaling Pol | 5/29/1972 | See Source »

...nodded. "You wait," be said. "I get you something better. "He returned bearing two large new towels marked "Borough of Camden 1972." "Do not tell." he said. "I get as many I want...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Poolcrawl | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

...slid gingerly into the water, which was colder that at most of the London pools. The Camden pool somehow seemed more serious that most, what with its colder water and the spectator stands and the modern dressing rooms. The others had cramped, Victorian halls, with columns and red bricks, and chipped, discolored tiles...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Poolcrawl | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

...went to Camden the following week a little reluctantly because I didn't want to face Alan as he had told me his name was. But he gave me two more towels and what could I do but agree to have tea? Accordingly after the swim I went upstairs to the cafeteria that was part of the Camden complex--they had another pool for training and indoor tennis courts and a gymnasium--and waited for about fifteen minutes, reading, until he could get a break--probably with a lot of teasing from the other lifeguard on duty that...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Poolcrawl | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

...NEXT TIME I went to Camden was a Saturday, and Alan met me as I walked in. Would I come to lunch if he could get half an hour off? Half an hour is not much of a commitment, so I said yes. A few laps later he came to the edge of the pool carrying two towels and looking worried. "I'm very sorry...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Poolcrawl | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

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