more on civil rights1992
The most significant was the fire at the Rocky Flats plutonium bomb factory in Colorado in 1969, which caused plutonium contamination in the surrounding countryside.
The Nuclear Barons - Peter Pringle and James Spigelman p. 360
more on nuclear1973
Through various sources, the president had learned that his brother was meeting secretly with one of Howard Hughes's representatives, John Meir. Richard Nixon had his own deals going with Hughes, as did Attorney General Mitchell, and he was not eager to have them exposed by his brother's free-wheeling.
J. Edgar Hoover : The Man and the Secrets - Curt Gentry p. 625
The big question was how much more Hoover had - and whether he was aware that approval of the Dune's acquisition was linked to a $100,000 payoff to Richard Nixon from Howard Hughes.
J. Edgar Hoover : The Man and the Secrets - Curt Gentry p. 649
more on Hughes/Nixon1974
May 9 New York Times reported the U.S. conducting bombing raids in Cambodia
Keeping the Cambodian bombing secret involved an unprecedented form of double bookkeeping. A set of false reports on the bombing raids was sent to the Pentagon through the usual air force channels, while a parallel set of highly classified reports contained the real targets.
For the President's Eyes Only - Christopher Andrew p.361
From 315,000 tons of air ordnance dropped in Southeast Asia in 1965, the quantity by January-October, 1969, the peak year of the war, reached 1,388,000 tons. Over that period, 4,580,000 tons were dropped on Southeast Asia, or six and one-half times that employed in Korea.
Elite Deviance - David R. Simon & D. Stanley Eitzen p.277
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