Word: scandal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When the Watergate hearings finally opened under the glare of TV lights in the palatial Senate Caucus Room, the question-and-answer ritual seemed half-remembered from past confrontations. Then, with unexpected suddenness, James McCord Jr., one of the convicted Watergate burglars, tried to tie the scandal to former Attorney General John Mitchell and to Richard Nixon: "I felt the President of the United States had set into motion this operation." It was, admittedly, only hearsay testimony, and Nixon, through his press secretary, once again vigorously denied his involvement. Even before the hearings started, however, the week had brought news...
Distinctions tend to get lost in a town of scandal and uproar. The White House wiretaps of Kissinger's staff, no matter how unpleasant, were different from Watergate. They represented an Administration effort to protect its own security against leaks that it rightly or wrongly considered dangerous to its foreign policies. Government wiretapping without a court warrant is perfectly legal in cases involving suspected foreign agents, and it was considered legal by the Attorney General in domestic-security cases until last summer, when the Supreme Court banned the practice...
LEXINGTON, VA.: On his farm near Lexington (pop. 8,440), Carl Sensabaugh, 68, and his wife Katrina are more concerned with candling the eggs than with following the scandal. "Shoot, I watched that Senate committee on TV for an hour, and I couldn't figure out hide nor hair what they were up to," says he. "I reckon they're trying to figure out how many crooks we got up there in Washington." Adds Mrs. Sensabaugh: "I know it must be important because they keep telling us it is. But my goodness! You'd think they...
More deeply concerned was Eugene F. Jannuzi, 57, chairman of Moltrup Steel Products Co. Says he: "Watergate is like a scandal in a family of good repute. You cringe and wonder what more can come out. But it's not going to go away." Jannuzi is also worried about Watergate's effects on business. It has already depressed the stock market and the dollar, he noted, adding: "Lack of confidence has a way of permeating everything we do. It makes me worry whether the present economic boom will continue." Impeachment? "This is so fearful a prospect that people...
What will we remember about the Watergate Spring? Banner newspaper headlines daily, introducing new charges and personalities into the scandal. Another maudlin television speech from behind Presidential Seal. John Mitchell, once stern-faced on the ramparts, the hero of Mayday 1971, reduced to a petty criminal, a hang-dog and pathetic figure. The names, a new one every day: Dean, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Kliendienst, Krogh, Barker, Sturgis, Alch, McCord, Liddy, Hunt, Chapin, Caulfield. Piecing together the stories, the leaks and the testimony, waiting for that last link, the one piece of firm evidence: "The president ordered me to do this...