Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President who is afraid of the Supreme Court, who has no respect for law and no regard for men of conscience. The burden is now on Congress to nullify this historic insult to the rule of law and to the nation's system of justice." Argued West Virginia Congressman Ken Hechler: "Impeachment proceedings must be initiated at the earliest possible moment." California Congressman Don Edwards urged Nixon to admit that he had made "a terrible mistake" and resign...
...believe that it could have. Says Atlanta Stockbroker A. Robert Johnson, 40: "I thought the Americans should maintain a strict hands-off policy, but if the Russians are supplying the Arabs, we must send arms to Israel." Barbara Manard, 28, a graduate student in sociology from the University of Virginia, shares that view, explaining: "No matter what the Arabs say, if they get the upper hand, they'll try to drive the Israelis into the sea." Adds Paul Soglin, the young (28) mayor of Madison, Wis.: "I think both sides are wrong, but my main concern is that...
Lowry died 16 years ago after taking too many barbiturates. Death by "misadventure" is what the coroner kindly called Lowry's end, and Biographer Douglas Day, a professor of English at the University of Virginia, makes sure that the verdict resonates through all the chapters of Lowry's life...
...those at home was House Minority Leader Gerald Rudolph Ford, 60, keeping his cool in his suburban Virginia home with a 20-minute swim. He had just climbed out of the pool, the dinner steaks were on the burner, when the telephone rang. It was the President. Puckishly, almost as though he were a secretary, he said: "Jerry, Al Haig has a message for you." The White House chief of staff came on the line and said: "I've got good news for you. The President wants you to be Vice President." Haig suggested that Ford might want...
THURSDAY: ABC News Close-up. An in-depth exploration of the coal mining industry in West Virginia with aerial footage of the ravages of strip-mining and the barren lives of the miners who make our warm homes warm. "West Virginia--Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Coal" is a savage indictment of the companies that own and run the mountain state. CH. 5. 9 p.m. Color...