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...attorneys in charge of the ITT probe tersely informed the Washington press corps that Monday afternoon that no criminal charges would be lodged against the board chairman. Despite the many similarities between the testimony of Geneen and his accused flunkies and the factual contradictions of his opening statement and sworn answers in later years, the 67-year-old veteran of daring coups in the world of business and shady meddlings in the field of politics--both at home and abroad--will soon retire from a career unblemished by even one criminal indictment, much less a felony conviction...
...black leaders, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Chief Jeremiah Chirau, joined the top echelon of government, the first blacks to do so in the breakaway colony's history. The three blacks took oaths of loyalty to "Rhodesia" (rather than to the present constitution) and were sworn in by a black Anglican bishop, the Right Rev. Patrick Murindagomo, rather than by white President John Wrathall. Said the bishop: "It was a happy occasion, like a wedding...
...sworn affidavit filed as part of his fight against an Internal Revenue Service bill for $40,000 in back taxes, he said that the "C.J. Fox" paintings he has sold since the 1940s were actually painted by others. From 1972 to 1974 alone, admitted Fox, an obscure Manhattan artist named Irving Resnikoff, 81, turned out 139 "Foxes"-all from photographs of the subjects-for a fee of $250 to $300 apiece. By his own admission, Fox could not have done the portraits if he tried: he cannot paint...
...stinging rebuke to its own chairman, Wisconsin Democrat William Proxmire, the committee voted 14 to 1 (Proxmire casting the only dissenting vote) to approve Miller's confirmation. The full Senate then approved the nomination by a simple voice vote. As a result, Miller will swiftly be sworn in and will again testify before Congress this week -this time telling the House Banking Committee what he proposes to do as the nation's top central banker...
...Haldeman: But Joe, I don't know what their motive was. And I can't be saying I do because I've often sworn that...