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...Ford, who has tactfully made the point during his month-long confirmation hearings that he did not "belong" to Richard Nixon on a number of issues. Faced with Ford's opposition, the White House quickly surrendered. This week, if all goes as planned, Chief Justice Warren Burger will swear in Jerry Ford as Vice President in his own setting-the hall of the House of Representatives...
Some of the current problems have a bizarre humor. Alabama reporters are aghast at a new state law requiring all journalists covering state news to report their personal finances, list their employers and swear that they have no ties with any firm doing business with the Alabama government. The statute was enacted almost by accident; legislators included newsmen in an ethics bill originally aimed at public officials. That addition and others, it was thought, would kill the entire passage. Instead, the measure was enacted. Two Alabama papers are appealing the law, which carries a sentence of ten years in jail...
...being shocked by touching farm machinery, wire fences or even damp clotheslines. Two women complained of shocks received while on the toilet. Other complaints were bad TV reception and the sizzling sound of the electrical discharge. Said C.B. Ruggles, whose farm is split by the line: "You'd swear we were living near a waterfall...
...Tears on My Pillow" slowed down and personalized into a poignant depiction of lost love is simply tremendous, as is "Teenager in Love" in which (swear to God) Chico actually cries. New numbers "Sha Boom" and "Summertime" are welcome deviations from the traditional Sha repertoire. "Summertime" particularly, with Johnny "Kid" Contardo once again revealing how versatile and disciplined his voice really is, is superb...
...opened in 1923, and completely redesign the playing field. The City of New York has undertaken the job for the Yankees, and must complete it by the opening of the 1976 season to ensure that the team will keep its home in New York. The team's owners swear the Yankees have not the slightest intention of moving to another town, but eager fans with long memories were not so sure. So they yanked out rows of wooden seats, tore signs from walls, and scooped up souvenir clumps of grass to take home. Fittingly enough, first base went...