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...been battered by the Watergate testimony, charging his Administration with a dismal assortment of misdeeds. He had kept his silence, for the most part, letting it be known that he would have an answer to give once the TV lights were turned off and the Ervin committee went into recess...
...then came the story of how Nixon had bugged the White House, and his refusal to release the tapes badly undermined what was left of his credibility. Last week a number of Washington observers again felt that he had weathered the worst accusations against him, and that the recess would bring him time for recovery. As one of his aides remarked: "If you keep a fire under a boiler long enough, pretty soon you boil all the water out, and finally you burn even the bottom of the boiler. I sense that's what has happened with Watergate...
Though the week's most startling disclosure before the Ervin committee I came from former White House Aide I Alexander P. Butterfield, there were other bits and pieces of fresh insight into the workings of Watergate as the Senators quickened their pace, working toward an Aug. 3 recess. The. witnesses and their key testimony HERBERT W. KALMBACH, 51, the President's personal attorney and longtime political fund raiser, described how he raised $220,000 for the seven Watergate defendants last year (see chart following page). He undertook the job at the request of John Dean, Kalmbach testified...
...almost every office on the Hill has at least one television tuned to Watergate when the hearings are in session; and if a game show or two sneaks in during lunch recess, that's all right with the people in the office...
...Associate Editor José M. Ferrer III, our Law writer for the past six years. May and June have always been busy months, because of the many Supreme Court decisions usually handed down before the summer recess. This year, in addition, Ferrer has had his hands full dealing with the crucial and complex legal problems surrounding Watergate. In our May 28 issue, for example, the Law section examined some of the issues and precedents concerning the impeachment of a U.S. President. Two weeks later, Law focused on the complexities of granting immunity to Watergate witnesses. In the issue of June...