When Archie woke me with the good news about the bombing halt, I wrote: “I wish I could have seen Senator Fulbright today—one more instance of vindication for his tireless and tenacious battle. I was glad to be going home, where at least I’d have old friends and my beloved hot summer. All I need to do is beat theChandlercase and the others fall like dominoes. Friday, and allocate another dollar to weekend meals, so that I’d have fourteen dollars left to go out on Saturday night.
Another minus was that the yuppies from the Times newsroom favored the place and it often was more crowded with reporters than cops. Nixon won on the first ballot, with 692 votes to 277 for Rockefeller and 182 for Reagan. voice said, 'One of the men in your command conducted an illegal search of the suspect's residence. So by the second week of March 1970, I knew I was free of the ROTC obligation, but not the draft.
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