Watergate Roundup Tires, Tempers Flare
Seven Watergate committee senators grow weary after nine weeks and 32 days of hearings. The panel debated an August recess while some urged continuing intensively, as Chair Ervin and chief counsel Sam Dash kept witnesses moving through pages of testimony and interviews.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Watergate Committee
Ervin
Sam Dash
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Samuel Cash
Judge Rules Impoundment Of Housing Subsidy Illegal
A federal judge held that the Nixon administration blocked Congress approved aid by halting low interest housing loans for poor rural Americans. The decision orders the Farmers Home Administration to release impounded subsidy funds, part of a larger HUD program contested in court.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Charles R. Richey
Richey
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Farmers Home Administration
Asst
U.S. Atty
Thomas G. Corcoran Jr
FHA
HUD
Nixon Estates Expenses Lid Kept Secret Temporarily
Government bars disclosure of costs at Nixon homes in San Clemente and Key Biscayne, with officials promising a full report soon. Rep. Brooks accuses White House of blocking inquiry. GSA chief and White House say embargo is joint and temporary. Total spending cited as 1.9 million for security work and upkeep.
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Washington
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
Key Biscayne
Fla
General Services Administration
GSA
White House
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
California
Florida
Arthur F. Sampson
Brooks
Government Activities Committee
Sampson
Secret Service
Gerald L. Warren
Ervin Guarded by SBI on Charlotte and Atlantic Beach Trips
SBI agents guarded U S Senator Sam J Ervin Jr during visits to Charlotte and Atlantic Beach North Carolina confirmed by SBI Director Charles Dunn News secretary Hall Smith requested guards as a precaution with no serious threats reported since the Watergate hearings began Smith noted an increase in threatening letters but no overt danger to Ervin.
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Raleigh, NC
State Bureau of Investigation
U.S
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Senate Watergate Committee
Charlotte
Atlantic Beach
N.C
SBI
Charles Dunn
Hall Smith
Ervin
Smith
Terview
Washington
Judge rules dress or ideology not basis for exclusion
U S district judge says Secret Service cannot bar people from presidential appearances due to dress or political philosophy. Safety of the president is a valid reason to keep individuals away, and the 14 youths' civil rights suit over Billy Graham Day attendance proceeds to trial to determine who ordered exclusions at the Charlotte Coliseum in 1971.
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McMillan
U.S. District Court
Nixon
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Secret Service
James Rowley
John Grimes
Charlotte
Secret Service Office
Charlotte Coliseum
Evangelist Graham
Grimes
Vietnam
Drinan Seeks Impeachment Over Cambodian Bombing Move
Rep. Robert F. Drinan introduces a House impeachment motion against President Nixon over the secret bombing of Cambodia. House leadership doubtfully expects early action, while Drinan argues for a hearing to restore public confidence amidst Watergate concerns. The priest-lawyer cites a 14 month covert air war in Cambodia prior to April 30, 1970.
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Washington
Nixon
House
U.S
Cambodia
Robert F. Drinan
Dmass
Drinan
House of Representatives
Citi
Bell sees no lift in national beef price ceiling
Harry Bell of the South Carolina Farm Bureau says the national beef price ceiling likely will not be lifted before its Sept 12 expiry. He doubts any change will come from this week's Washington meeting between Secretary Earl Butz and farmers and midwestern meat industry leaders. He noted state cattle producers remain concerned but odds of a change are slim.
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Columbia
South Carolina Farm Bureau
Harry Bell
Washington
Earl Butz
Bell
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