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Social Peace. Stehlin's assessment was perceived as a vicious stab at the national honor. Gaullist Party Leader Alexandre Sanguinetti howled that his remarks were "an aggression against the nation as a whole." As a result of the furor, Stehlin was forced to resign as vice president of the Assembly, and last week the government ordered him to retire from the air force reserve...
Last week, less than three months after he was forced to resign the presidency, Nixon lay in critical condition in Long Beach Memorial Hospital Medical Center. The cause was internal bleeding in the wake of sudden surgery for blood clots in his left leg and lower abdomen. It is thought that the anticoagulant drugs he had been taking had caused a tendency toward prolonged bleeding, and he went into shock. His family gathered round in vigil, their photographed faces masked by now familiar anguish. President Gerald Ford sent red roses to his predecessor and offered prayers on Nixon...
...Catholic opposition. Even the daily run by Thieu's nephew is publicizing the riots to show that the president has eased up on censorship. As Thieu said in a speech October 2, obviously directed to the Western press, without the support of "the people and the military" he will resign. On the other hand, the current demonstrations allow opponents to continue publicizing corruptions of the regime which were not permitted to filter down to the masses, and certain segments are focusing on Thieu's sabotage of the Paris talks. Thieu's response has been to selectively beat up demonstrators...
...talks, as well as for such gallantries as attending to the cape of NLF negotiators Madame Binh. Lam is also conspicuously untouched by any hint of scandal. He was made president of the senate soon after his election and enjoys connections with several international firms. In the event Thieu resigns, his Cabinet must resign with him, and by Vietnamese law the head of the senate becomes president...
...standards of equality under the law. California's Don Edwards, a liberal Democrat, wondered how Ford would explain American justice to his students if he were a high school teacher in Watts or Harlem. Ford's reply was that Nixon was the only President to resign in shame and disgrace; that, he implied, was punishment enough. South Carolina's James R. Mann, a conservative Democrat, asked if Ford agreed with "the maxim that the law is no respecter of persons." Ford's reply: "Certainly it should be." The gentle, courtly Mann seemed about to follow...