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Unhelpful Witnesses. In the meantime, the committee moved ahead toward an impeachment vote, now expected by the end of the month. For a time last week it appeared that the vote might be delayed until mid-August, and a curious exchange of notes took place between House leaders sitting at, of all places, the President's table. While listening to a White House briefing from Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, House Speaker Carl Albert slipped a piece of paper to Democratic House Leader Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill on which he observed that the Rodino committee was now running...
...Busch-Reisinger, Harvard's Germanic museum, will be showing the work of Josef and Anni Albers through mid-August. The Albers have exceptionally fine modern craftsmen who contributed vastly to the Bauhaus's enduring reputation as the bastion of contemporary design. Josef is represented in the Busch's exhibit by paintings, lithografs, wallpaper and photographs. Anni's work includes weaving samples and textile design paintings...
...summer went on, the various appropriations bills would move through Congress much as before, with politicians pushing their favorite projects; then the bills would go to the President for his signature or veto. By mid-August, after adding up the appropriations that had been passed, the two budget committees would report out a second concurrent resolution that reaffirmed or revised the earlier goals. If Congress agreed that too much money had been spent, it would have to pass a "reconciliation bill," which would reduce expenditures that had already been approved, or raise taxes-or perhaps do a bit of both...
...took Quinn a month and a half of gentle persuasion. Sometimes the two men would drive off together on the lonely Tennessee and Kentucky roads, talking for hours about every phase of the case. In mid-August, Turnblazer declared that he had something to say and agreed to talk while a lie detector monitored his replies. Told that "the box" showed that his account was incomplete, Turnblazer said. "O.K., here's the whole story...
...blasting scheduled to begin August 1 to prepare the foundations of the Pusey Library will probably be delayed until mid-August, the Building and Grounds Department's project supervisor for the library said yesterday...