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...Senators and Congressmen who know Jerry Ford well-and there are scores who do-never really questioned his integrity as a man or a politician when the hearings began to confirm his nomination as Vice President. But real doubts remained on both sides of Capitol Hill about Ford's independence of mind and, more important, his strength and vision as a leader if he should ever become President...
...faculty will react to the student plan is still not clear. Robert H. Ebert, dean of the Med School, is rumored to have formed a committee of professors to study the student grievances, but he could not be reached to confirm this...
...Harvard's team of experts sees first-hand and can confirm that the power plant will damage the crops in surrounding area, Harvard must present its findings to the Arkansas PSC. Proxy fights might be acceptable to socially-conscious but hopelessly idealistic liberals Harvard can stop the AP&L project only by convincing the licensing body that the plant will damage crops, water supplies, equipment, and the ecological balance of the area...
Nixon should of course be succeeded by a Republican. The Republicans did win the presidency last November (not because of Watergate or dirty tricks), and fortunately there seems no disposition among congressional Democrats to try to rewrite the election returns. We assume and hope that Congress will speedily confirm Gerald Ford's nomination as Vice President. If Nixon did leave office before this confirmation and Speaker Carl Albert became President, there is good reason to think that Albert would resign as long as Ford was confirmed...
Gurney declined to confirm or to deny the accusations, explaining: "The Justice Department has asked that neither me nor any member of my staff make any comment until the investigation is concluded...