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...protocol office found itself suffering from an embarrassment of riches. Since Columnist Maxene Cheshire disclosed in May that there were discrepancies in the reporting of gifts received by Pat Nixon and her daughters, jewel boxes all over official Washington have been emptied. Among those hurriedly delivering diamonds, rubies and emeralds to the gifts office were Betty Fulbright, wife of Senator J. William, whose Foreign Relations Committee drafted the 1966 law that does not permit officials or their families to accept gifts worth more than $50. The greatest surprise came when Hubert Humphrey turned in a 7.9 carat diamond estimated...
...talks with Kissinger have been indispensable to reporters in an otherwise hostile Administration. Yet sometimes a Kissinger briefing edges closer to what is known in White House parlance as "stroking." During the Viet Nam War, for example, Kissinger would tell Hawkish Columnist Joseph Alsop that the North Vietnamese understood only force, and Eastern Liberal James Reston that he was straining to keep the Pentagon hawks at bay. Aboard his Air Force 707 on an early round of his Middle East peace shuttle, Kissinger would shuffle to the press cabin in the rear to tell the 14 reporters in his entourage...
...play the organ of doom better than I," Stewart conceded. After twelve years, in 1958, Stewart and Joe agreed to "an amicable divorce." Stewart was offered a job with the Saturday Evening Post, and soon established a persona all his own. Shortly before the Post folded he became a columnist for Newsweek. In his separate status, he split with belligerent Joe over Indochina. (Stewart: "It is not practical to continue to fight a war that has no popular support at all.") With Charles Bartlett he wrote an intimate report of the intricate discussions that led Kennedy to the Cuban missile...
Died. Bruce Biossat, 64, political reporter and columnist for the Newspaper Enterprise Association whose words appeared in more than 400 newspapers; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. Respected by fellow journalists for his comprehensive knowledge of politics, Biossat drew on a wide, carefully cultivated network of sources for his reportage and weekly columns...
John P. Corr, columnist and feature writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer; Thomas J. Dolan, investigative reporter for The Chicago Sun-Times; Sheryl A. Fitzgerald, features editor, The Journal and Guide, Norfolk, Va.; David V. Hawpe, associate editor and editorial writer, The Courier-Journal, Louisville...