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...orders regarding the presidential tapes, and publicly protested Nixon's command that he desist from seeking further presidential evidence. Fired by Nixon, Cox bowed out with a Brahmin civility that inspired a fire storm of protest at his dismissal. Former Attorney General Elliot Richardson, too, stood as a staunch symbol of integrity in the celebrated "Saturday Night Massacre" by defying the White House decree that he fire Cox. Richardson resigned instead, further arousing national indignation...
...help of loans from his millionaire friend Robert Abplanalp. In December 1970, he sold all but 5.9 acres of this property for $1,249,000. The buyer's legal name was the B and C Investment Co., but in reality the buyers were the President's staunch friends Abplanalp and Rebozo. Nixon had, in effect, sold his friends 80% of the land that he had bought the previous year for roughly 80% of the original purchase price. But he had retained the heart of the estate: the Western White House, plus the choicest parcel of property fronting...
...reactions of two important groups in the East-the business and Jewish communities-are particularly interesting. While Jewish intellectuals have largely soured on Nixon, other Jews are appreciative of his staunch support of Israel in the Middle Eastern war. "The Jewish community is by and large against impeachment," says Professor Seymour Siegel of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City. "Nixon's courage in supporting Israel in its time of trial has aroused feelings of gratitude...
...Nixon Ads. The mood in the more traditionally conservative states in the region is not much different. Many staunch Maine Republicans have left the fold. Says William McKeen, a Brunswick, Me., businessman who is running for the town council: "I voted and campaigned for the guy, but I wish they'd get rid of him now. If there are just seven tapes, then he should have said so long ago." Adds Mrs. Norman Kinney, a Vermont housewife: "Vermont is a strong Republican state. That so many people hate Nixon says something, I think...
...wife Marianna, 62, have two children, Peter, 22, a student at Seton Hall University law school, and Margaret, 30, wife of Newark Judge Charles A. Stanziale Jr. Rodino served for two years as chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Nationality, and has been a staunch proponent of immigration reforms. He has also supported bills that would restrict employment of illegal aliens, who frequently are in competition for jobs with blue-collar workers in his district...