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...year period, it will virtually equalize the per-pupil spending for education throughout the state and thus go a long way toward equalizing education in the cities, suburbs and rural areas. Anderson has had other victories. All legislative meetings of any kind must now be open to the public???no more private executive sessions in the legislature. A full-time ombudsman has been established in the corrections department. The magnificent St. Croix River has been added to the National Scenic River System. Voter registration has in effect been abolished. Anderson has also started a massive reorganization of the executive branch...
Nixon said he received repeated assurances from his aides that no one in his Administration had been involved. He contended that it was not until March that he began to suspect "that there had been an effort to conceal the facts both from the public???from you?and from me." Now, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to ensure that the guilty are brought to justice. We must maintain the integrity of the White House. There can be no whitewash at the White House." Nixon urged both parties to join in seeking "a new set of standards...
...since Nixon has never been involved in a personal tragedy of such significance. Some years of hard work and impeccable behavior might well restore Kennedy's chances in public life. Some political observers believe that his resignation from the Senate?even if he is overwhelmingly supported by the Massachusetts public???would only help that process by demonstrating his sincere contrition. " 'Never' is a long time," said one moderate Republican Senator. "Kennedy has been hurt, but we're all so close to it this week that I just don't think anyone can judge so soon just how badly...
Behind closed doors?and occasionally in public???Simon can become pretty rough with the men who get in his way. He knocks heads together mercilessly, usually replaces the old team with his own men (he is an unabashed raider of other companies' personnel, has already hired away 15 executives for Wheeling from other steel companies), gets so impatient that he frequently pounds the table and yells. Says Jean Fowles, whose husband sold Manhattan's Duveen Gallery to Simon for $15 million last year: "The thing about Norton is that he's terribly impatient with stupidity. When someone insists that 'this...
Most spectacular news in the business world last week was the craze for commodities. But the most serious news was the weakness of U. S. Government bonds. It became clear that an issue of Home Loan Bonds had not been snapped up by the public???and the banks, with more Government bonds than ever before in history, tended to sell rather than to buy. Nationalization of silver simply added to the befuddlement concerning the future of U. S. finances...