Cedar Shoals High School - Mirari Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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jen. Sam Evin, chairman of the Watergate in- i-estigating committee. Ervin appeared on BC ' s Issues and Answers, he discusses de- .(elopments in the Watergate on the show. DO YOU FEEL PRESIDENT NIXON SHOULD BE IMPEACHED? I am not pro-Nixon, but if we should impeach, who is going to lead the country? We don ' t have a vice president at the moment and I don ' t know that much about Gerald Ford anyway. I think Congress would do a rotten job leading the country. Be- sides I haven ' t lost complete faith in Nixon. I think that president Nixon should be impeached. Then if he isn ' t guilty it will be proven in the trials. They should go ahead and start impeach- ment procedures instead of just talk- ing about it. I believe Mr. Nixon should be im- peached. When a man is questioned he should have enough guts in him to face and denounce his accusers. However I have not the foresight to predicted, nor has any man, whether or not impeachment measures would be overall good for the nation. I be- lieve they would strengthen the Constitution. Yes, I do, Nixon knew what was going on but didn ' t try to stop it at all. All he said about it was that it was wrong, but still didn ' t do anything about it. HOW DO YOU FEEL WATERGATE HAS INFLUENCED THE GOVERN- MENT AND HOW WILL IT CHANGE IT? Well, I think that the public is more wary of politicians now. I think people will want to know all about a candidate before he is elected. I don ' t believe for one minute that the Nixon Administration is the first to have an incident such as Watergate. I feel it will take some power out of the presidency and give more to congress and to the American people. Also Campaigns will put more and more emphasis on honesty and offi- cials will be carefully investigated. Government will be more open to investigation by the public and that no longer will everything be justified as national defense legal or not! Washington, Aug. 6-PROSECUTOR AN EARLY RISER-Special Waterg ate Prosecutor Archibald Cox has the park to himself as he reads the morning paper before going to his office early Monday. Tuesday President Nixon ' s lawyers will go to court to file arguments telling why the President would not produce tapes and docu- ments Cox has subpoenaed from the White House. (1973) Compliments of UP! Ex-Vice President Spiro Agnew tells the Na- tional Federation of Republican Women in Los Angeles he won ' t resign even if a Maryland grand jury indicts him in a political kickback in- vestigation. 1 intend to stay and fight, he said at the close of his speech. (AP Wirephoto)

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DO YOU HAVE AS MUCH TRUST IN THE GOVERNMENT? Yes, I have trust in the government now because the things that are being uncovered, are being made public; and anything under public specula- tion undergoes thorough security. Yes, I trust the government as much now as I did before Watergate. I feel that it was the fault of a few men who wanted to gain more power. They used their power to do what they wanted, told (supposed) lies to the President. I definitely do not have as much trust in our present government or even in our entire system. The Nixon administration has exercised their powers to and beyond their role in the system of checks and balances. No, I feel there are too many poli- ticians out to better themselves and gain more personal power at all costs. WASHINGTON, JUNE 14-AFTER THE ADDRESS-President Nixon is all smiles as he poses for pictures in his White House office after delivering a nationwide television address (AP Wirephoto) GOVERNMENT INVOLVED IN WATERGATE. Washington, |une 12-GRANTED IMMUNITY-Former White House counsel |ohn W. Dean III, accompanied by his vfife, leaves U.S. District Court in Washington Tuesday. Earlier in the day U.S. District ludge John |. Sirica granted Dean use immunity, meaning that any testimony he gives before the Senate Watergate Com- mittee cannot be used to develop a case against him. Dean ' s attorney declined any comment on what had transpired inside the court. (1973) compliments of UPI OPINIONS: STUDENTS AT CEDAR SHOALS RESPOND TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING GOVERNMENT AND WATERGATE. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WATERGATE? I know enough to know what is happening in Watergate. A big scan- del with the president and his officials about tapes that they should not have had. I don ' t know much about Water- gate because it was boring to sit there and watch the people being ques- tioned. All I know is that a group of people got together and went to spy on the other groups plan for elections. I know that some how some illegal donations, quite large ones, found their way into the Presidents cam- paign fund. Democratic head quarters were then bugged. Nixon was sup- posed to have possession of some taped conversations. These tapes, termed The Watergate Tapes caused considerable controversy.

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Enthusiastic Doug Burrel cheers Seniors onto victory SENIORS WIN THE STICK We want the stick, we want the stick! could be heard all over the gym and through out the school during the pep rally. The Freshmen class had grasped the stick in all the earlier pep rallies, but the Seniors decided they were going to get it that day. They showed up with banners, cowbells, trash cans for drums, toilet paper to be thrown after the victory of a rip-roaring cheer from the seniors. They added a new cheerleader to the cheerleading squad that day, Doug Burrel, who cheered the seniors on. After music and entertainment from the drill team, the hour long pep rally was coming to a close. It was time for Coach McCullough to announce the winner of the stick. As he walked up to the microphone, a hush fell over the crowd. Coach McCullough announced, I ' d like a minute of silence for soph- omore class, I think they died! and the pit went info an uproar. After everyone calmed down, Coach McCullough announced the winner, and it was the SENIORS. Cheering and yelling befell the seniors as they danced onto the gym floor led by their gallant leader, Doug. It was a good day to be a senior.