Canada as seen through the Eyes of New Brunswick Editorial Cartoonists:
The Insight and Humour of Josh Beutel and Bill Hogan
Preface |
Introduction |
Editorial Cartoon Database |
Classroom Activities
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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1979-3-2
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Reference number: MC2806-61
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Scope and Content
Richard Nixon reflects on the irony when reading a newspaper with headlines that read, "China Attacks Vietnam."
Title
Nixon (China vs. Vietnam)
Caption
"Where were they when I needed them?"
Issues
Watergate (1972)
Watergate, the major political scandal of the Nixon administration, was set off on June 17, 1972 with the botched burglary and wiretapping of the Democratic Party’s campaign headquarters at the Watergate office and apartment complex in Washington, DC. Persistent investigation into the matter revealed that the espionage had been planned and funded by members of the administration, ultimately implicating many high-ranking government officials, including President Nixon himself. The reporters who uncovered the scandal relied heavily on a source known only as “Deep Throat”, who in 2005 revealed his identity as W. Mark Felt, the deputy director of the FBI at the time. The scandal resulted in the first resignation of a US president.
Persons
Richard Nixon
- Born January 9, 1913
- Died April 22, 1994
- Republican
- Vice President of the US under Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953 to 1961
- President of the US, 1969 to 1974
- Noted for diplomatic foreign policy (ending American involvement in Vietnam War)
- Deliberately improved relations with China to strengthen position against Soviet Union (known as the "China Card")
- Resigned as president before imminent impeachment related to the Watergate scandal, 1974