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...greater concession of wrongdoing. But there is little likelihood that Nixon could ever bring himself to admit full guilt, though that guilt has been adequately documented by the House Judiciary Committee. Even if indicted, he probably would have fought fiercely to seek an acquittal rather than plea-bargain, Agnew-style. Indeed, Illinois Republican Congressman John Anderson offered a cutting observation last week. "Why were we ever stupid enough to think that this awful man would fade away like one of MacArthur's old soldiers?" he asked. "He was always going to be dragged kicking and screaming into oblivion...
...been summoned as a defense witness by Ehrlichman, but could conceivably plead the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination in that role. His lawyers could argue that, while federal prosecution has been banned by the pardon, state prosecution is still possible. That is highly unlikely and such a Nixon plea would be shaky, since the trial questions need not delve into any Nixon activities other than the cover-up conspiracy. Nixon could also be summoned as a prosecution witness and be granted specific immunity against use of his testimony in other jurisdictions. As a prosecution witness, he could be asked...
...health. Within the White House there was-and is-a widespread conviction that Nixon's state of health is precarious, and this view was apparently a factor in the President's decision to grant the pardon now. A report that Julie Nixon Eisenhower had made a tearful plea to Ford on her father's behalf was emphatically denied by her husband David, but other intermediaries could have brought Ford such a message. The President may also have been influenced by newspaper reports that Nixon was "terribly depressed...
...backs up its plea with a convincing array of arguments. It assuredly is not crying wolf: the threat to survival is real. The line owes some $300 million to banks led by New York's First National City. The thrust of the airline's argument is that its problems are not of its own making. Fuel costs alone have more than tripled since last October, from 11? to 35? per gal. on the average and even higher in some places; fully 94% of Pan Am's fuel is bought out of reach of any U.S. price controls...
...Plea for the Yankee Mules...