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Impeachment Timetable. After the October 1973 Saturday Night Massacre, in which Archibald Cox and William Ruckelshaus were fired and Elliot Richardson resigned, O'Neill and Albert quietly channeled the impeachment inquiry to Peter Rodino's Judiciary Committee, even though the House had not voted to do so. More smoke. Without any authority, O'Neill pushed Rodino into speeding the selection of an impeachment counsel, then into setting an impeachment timetable. John Doar was selected as counsel. O'Neill brandished pro-impeachment polls and the timetable at Congressmen. More mirrors...
...years ago, Bayh trounced his Republican opponent--William Ruckelshaus, one-time EPA director--by more than 70,000 votes. Though Lugar is admittedly an underdog, Indiana Republicans believe their chances are a great deal more auspicious this year. Lugar's marks the first Republican administration in nearly two decades and only the third in the last 40 years of Indianapolis politics. A former Rhodes Scholar and valedictorian of his Denison College class, Lugar has amassed an impressive record as two-term mayor. In January 1974, a U.S. News and World Report analysis revealed that, among cities its size, citizens...
...only reputation that was enhanced during the whole episode was that of the man who left Ford's staff, Press Secretary J.F. terHorst. His resignation on principle was in the refreshing style of two of Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre victims, Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy, William Ruckelshaus...
...William Ruckelshaus advocates in Forum that 1) if the public believes prosecuting the Watergate underlings but not Mr. Nixon is an inequality of justice, immunity should be extended to all, and 2) the decision to prosecute Mr. Nixon should not be decided immediately...
William D. Ruckelshaus...