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...White House would not confirm the reports...
...equally ambitious and canny Phillip Burton, 48, the newly elected chairman of the Democratic caucus. While each keeps a wary eye on the other, both are maneuvering to succeed Carl Albert as Speaker of the House. Albert last week lent new urgency to this jockeying by refusing to confirm-or deny-a public report that he intends to retire when his current term ends. Blocking the path of both Hays and Burton, however, is Massachusetts' Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, the House majority leader. O'Neill has no intention of letting either challenger edge him out as heir...
Ward, a balding and bespectacled man who wore a conservative gray suit and a plain white shirt, remained calm during examination by Flanagan, who said yesterday that he travelled to Pittsburgh two months ago to confirm that Ward would testify...
...mark of the desperate legal gamesmanship of the defendants in the trial that they have sometimes been pleased when something they profess to want has been denied them. Ehrlichman has subpoenaed Nixon, ostensibly to get him to confirm that Ehrlichman had only carried out presidential orders during the Watergate cover-up and had been led to believe that he was acting in the interest of national security. In reality, Ehrlichman's prospects are better if a witness he contends is vital to his defense cannot appear...
...this is his book's strength, but also its limitation. He cites tributes to Ultra, including one from Eisenhower who said its intelligence contribution had "shortened the war." Rather qualified praise, apparently. What is needed now is the view from someone closer to the crucial command decisions, to confirm, or to question. Ultra's contribution to victory. The British government has an official history of Ultra under way. Winterbotham's tale makes it Seem long Overdue...