Word: philadelphia
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...Senators as a roast of Jimmy Carter and his Attorney General Griffin Bell. But when the Senate Judiciary Committee began to consider Benjamin R. Civiletti's nomination as Deputy Attorney General last week, the mood was surprisingly low-key. Only a narrow attack was mounted on the ouster of Philadelphia's U.S. Attorney, David Marston, the issue expected to dominate the hearings this week. Said Wyoming Republican Senator Malcolm Wallop: "There was no reason why Marston should not have been fired as a Republican; the only question is the timing...
There are other signs of ineptitude as well. Quite apart from Marston's probe in Philadelphia, Justice investigators in Washington became aware late last year that Eilberg and his fellow Pennsylvania Democrat Daniel J. Flood were both candidates for investigation. Following a federal bribery conviction, a former Flood aide named Stephen Elko arrived at the department offering to tell tales?in exchange for immunity from further prosecution?that implicated Flood and Eilberg. Yet by all accounts, this information did not travel up the department hierarchy in time to warn Bell and Carter away from the urgings of Eilberg, whose telephone...
Many ex-Presidents have earned big bucks from their memoirs,TV appearances and lecture fees. But last week Gerald Ford went a step further: he endorsed a commercial product for money. At a ceremony at Philadelphia's Franklin Mint, one of the world's largest private manufacturers of coins, he struck the first of a series of 100 medals commemorating what are billed as "the most important events of the presidency...
...PHILADELPHIA--Princeton's Steve Grubman raised his season record to 26-0 by capturing the 142-lb. title here Saturday as the Tigers clinched the team championship at this weekend's EIWA wrestling tournament...
...PHILADELPHIA--Harvard heavyweight Craig Beling earned a berth in the semifinals in the EIWA wrestling championships by defeating Mike Duncan of East Stroudsburg, 9-3, in the opening round, and then ousting third-seeded Mike Newbern of Lehigh in the quarterfinals here yesterday...