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Even without a subpoena, Attorney General John Mitchell would probably testify that wives can get husbands into trouble. Last week, in fact, Martha Mitchell got a husband into trouble-and he was not even her own husband. It seems that Martha's new press secretary, Kay Woestendiek, is married to a man in the Liberal Eastern news media. Or, rather, Bill Woestendiek was in the media, as the editor of a news program on Washington's public TV station WETA. After Kay joined Martha, he lost that post...
...dismissal divided the Washington press corps, and even got a lively airing on Woestendiek's former program, Newsroom. Those who backed the firing, though not necessarily its peremptory manner, argued that if newsmen are to judge the ethics of others, they should be absolutely free of taint themselves...
...ulcer, she ignored doctors' protests, ran the paper from her bed, ordering stories, discussing projects, arguing with editors by phone. By taking it easy and following a strict diet, she could have cured her ulcer without an operation. "But she wanted the surgery," said Newsday Editorial Director Bill Woestendiek. "She said she wanted to live her life her way or not live at all." So last week she was wheeled into the operating room. Bleeding from the first surgery required two more operations within 24 hours. That night she died...