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...Monday morning, Jan. 6, less than a week after William O. Douglas had suffered a stroke, the eight other Justices met sadly in the Supreme Court building. Personal reactions aside, they were faced with serious problems posed by Douglas' absence. The Justices decided to delay hearing arguments on five cases. Each one was picked not so much for its importance, but because without Douglas the others feared a tie vote that would render high-court consideration meaningless; it would simply leave a lower-court decision in effect...
...weeks ago Ford, with a stroke of the pen, raised the tariff on imported oil by $1 per bbl. as the first step of an increase that would reach a maximum of $3 per bbl. on April 1. Democrats thought that they had the perfect riposte to this presidential assertiveness. The liberals on Ways and Means adopted a bill postponing the tariff hike for 90 days. Then they linked the measure with a boost in the national debt ceiling that the Administration had sought in order to finance its ballooning deficit (see box). The Democrats reasoned that Ford could...
Downey was hardly the lone Radcliffe standout, as she received plenty of assistance from teammates Carol Moore and Diana Borden. Moore finished second in the 100-yd. breaststroke and third in the 100-yd. freestyle, while Borden took third in both the 100 and 200-yd. breast stroke events...
Died. Larry Fine, 73, one of the Three Stooges; of a stroke; in Woodland Hills, Calif. As the frizzy-haired, tuber-nosed sidekick of Moe and Curly, Larry played an amiable idiot who spent most of his time dodging pies. Veterans of one-and two-reel shorts of the '30s, the Stooges enjoyed an extraordinary revival on TV in the late '50s, when their ham-handed slapstick endeared them to a new generation of children...
...chaotic staff conditions may have seriously damaged the President when he made his first major decision. For all his openness, he failed to consult his intimates in Congress, much less prepare the public, before he issued his pardon to Nixon. With that one stroke of the pen, he lost most of the good will his amiable Administration had purchased him, although history may ultimately judge his pardon more kindly. In any event, Ford's honeymoon was short-lived. When a prominent Republican returned to his native state of Indiana, he discovered a surprising amount of unhappiness with Ford among...