Word: heraldic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kennedy gave copies of the return to two Boston papers, the Globe and Herald American, which had been pressing him for a financial accounting. Previously, Kennedy had refused to divulge such information, arguing that his finances are so intertwined with those of his family that to do so would jeopardize their privacy. But he added that he would expect the family to understand if he made such disclosures as a candidate for national office. Thus, some saw in last week's move a significant clue to his intentions...
...Tornillo v. Miami Herald [April 29]: I am amazed that the basic right to reply in case of offensive or inaccurate newspaper reports is being questioned in the U.S. In Colombia, a 1944 law gives all citizens (not only political candidates) the right to have a reply published within three days. If the paper does not comply, the citizen may resort to a special judicial procedure in which the judge decides in 48 hours...
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD...
Even more startling was the apostasy of the Omaha World-Herald, a highly conservative paper whose support for Nixon was evident for years in its news columns as well as on its editorial page. Those views reflected the thinking not only of its owner Peter Kiewit, a construction multimillionaire and Nixon contributor, but also of the people of the state that it blankets. Nixon got his best voter percentages in Nebraska in 1960 and 1968, and only a few other states did better for him in 1972. Yet the World-Herald concluded last week that Nixon should resign. A remarkable...
...Maine, the jointly owned Portland Express and Press Herald swiveled around 180° from their previous support and called for impeachment. The small Central Maine Morning Sentinel in Waterville declared it was impossible to read the transcripts "without feeling like an embarrassed and unwitting voyeur...