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...notions as to how an American aristocracy might be titled. First minister in the court of King Richard would be Spiro, Duke of Maryland; then would come such lesser dignitaries as Knight of the Garter Henry Kissinger and Companion of Honor Bebe Rebozo. In the Midwest, it would be Earl Humphrey of Minnesota. And in the Southwest, the vast estates of Earl Pedernales and Lady Pedernales-"Not," Edelman cautioned, "Lady Lady Bird...
Ever since they became law partners in 1967, Mitchell and Nixon have been fast friends and kindred spirits. It was Mitchell who gave one of the pushes that helped to force Justice Abe Fortas off the Supreme Court by advising the then Chief Justice, Earl Warren, of a financial indiscretion committed by Fortas. The resignation convinced Nixon of the danger of appointing anyone so close to himself that it would encourage charges of cronyism, as in the case of Fortas and Lyndon Johnson...
...Tyler had four nominees rejected in two years, Grover Cleveland two in 1894. As for the matter of encroaching on presidential prerogatives, it was just two years ago that Candidate Nixon was successfully arguing that Lyndon Johnson, as a lame duck, ought not exercise his appointment powers by naming Earl Warren's successor...
...government's recent penchant for probing into newsmen's confidential information last week produced a court showdown in San Francisco. Reporter Earl Caldwell and his employer, the New York Times, had challenged two subpoenas ordering him to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Black Panthers. The result was a clear victory for Caldwell and other newsmen determined to maintain the trust of their sources...
Died. Major General James Earl Rudder, U.S.A. (ret.), 59, head of the Texas A. & M. University System, and a hero of the Normandy invasion who organized and trained the Second Ranger Battalion, then led its costly (50% casualties) D-day assault on the 100-ft. cliffs at Pointe du Hoe; following complications from a stroke; in Houston...