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...more than 100 years, Robert E. Lee has been something of a man with out a country. Never mind that he was one of the most illustrious and magnanimous generals in U.S. history. After he surrendered his sword at Appomattox, he apparently failed to take an oath of loyalty to the U.S. Constitution, which many Confederates were obliged to do if they wished to regain the full U.S. citizenship that they had forfeited. Up to his death in 1870, he was denied citizenship. Ever since, Southern sympathizers have been trying to recover it for him posthumously...
...crime of which he has knowledge. While the law is widely ignored, it would seem a serious matter for a President to take no action when his own aides report criminal activity to him. Although Weicker does not say so, such failure might violate the President's oath to uphold...
...Jerusalem, the sense of accommodation was equally evident. As a new Knesset was sworn in-with Premier Golda Meir* as its oldest member taking the oath first-the Labor-dominated government won easy approval (76-35) for the disengagement agreement. In addressing the Knesset, Mrs. Meir announced that Israel does not consider the eventual pullback line in the Sinai -to be reached 12 days after the west bank retirement is finished-as a permanent border. "It has been our position from the start," she said, "that the separation of forces is not the ultimate goal, for we are prepared...
Herbert L. Porter, the former Nixon re-election committee official who admitted lying under oath to remain a "team player," was charged yesterday with making false statements...
management, black v. white-for three days of inaugural celebration. The theme was reconciliation. U.S. District Court Judge Damon Keith, who is black, and State Supreme Court Justice John Swainson, who is white, administered the oath of office to Young in unison...