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...President Nixon's top domestic aide, and three lesser members of the White House "plumbers" team got off to a dramatic start in Federal Judge Gerhard Gesell's Washington courtroom last week. Assistant Special Prosecutor William Merrill charged that a few weeks before Ehrlichman was forced to resign last year, he had secretly removed three incriminating memos from a file on the plumbers in the White House-but David Young, a co-director of the secret investigating unit, had foresightedly retained copies. Said Merrill to the jury, which consists of nine blacks and three whites: "Mr. Ehrlichman lied...
...force if necessary to keep order. Some military officers are unhappy about Spinola's blatant power grab, but there is little that they can do about it, at least for the moment. Three weeks ago, when leaders of the Armed Forces Movement protested, the President threatened to resign unless they promised to support him. The captains backed down and gave him an overwhelming vote of confidence...
...controversy about journalism's role. Henry Kissinger's connection with wiretapping in 1969-71 is a minor aspect of the overall scandal, and the press did little to explore it until last month, when congressional leaks prompted several stories (TIME, June 24). But the Secretary's dramatic threat to resign put reporters on the defensive. Many congressional leaders hurtled to Kissinger's side. Barry Goldwater charged the press with "incessant nitpicking" and accused the Washington Post of "treason" for publishing a confidential FBI document...
...fountains and frescoed ceilings of the villa, designed by Raphael for Pope Clement VII, provided the setting in which the Medici Pope wheedled, wheeled and dealed. Last week, that atmosphere temporarily returned. Caught in a political crisis and under orders from President Giovanni Leone to resolve it rather than resign, representatives of the parties in Premier Mariano Rumor's ruling center-left coalition gathered in the Villa Madama's splendid isolation for a two-day summit. Medicis and Borgias would have enjoyed the infighting and cross-dealing...
King Richard: Aye, no-no, aye, for I must nothing be,/ Therefore no no, for [if] I resign to thee/ ... What more remains...