Richard Nixon

This week in 1974 brought a sudden change in Vice President Gerald Ford’s schedule when he abruptly cancelled a 12-day political excursion. The reason soon became apparent. The news leaked out, and a three-inch-high headline on the front page of The Fargo Forum screamed “Nixon to Quit!”

A stunned American nation learned this week in 1974 that President Richard Nixon had chosen to resign the office of President of the United States of…